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Intro
Class Intro
Illustrator, Bjork (hamboggy)
"I'll be showing you how to create cozy illustrations that tell warm stories of everyday life!"
Warm and Cozy Scenes, Sharp Techniques.
This class is for artists who feel stuck, burnt out, or unsure how to move forward. Instead of chasing perfection or mimicking trends, you'll learn how to reconnect with your artistic instincts, clarify your style, and create illustrations that feel meaningful, both to you and your audience.
Over the course of this class, you’ll complete four final illustrations, each one increasing in complexity and detail. These pieces are designed to help you gradually apply what you’ve learned, from composition and color to storytelling and rendering. With every project, you'll refine your decision-making and develop your own artistic style with greater clarity and confidence.
You’ll begin in Procreate by learning essential tools and techniques to simplify your workflow, such as brush settings, visual fundamentals, and productive drawing habits. From quick thumbnail sketches to fully composed scenes, you’ll work through a variety of exercises that align with your personal voice and style. You’ll transition to working in Photoshop and also receive a basic introduction to Blender, learning how to use it to plan out your scenes with a foundational understanding.
This isn’t just a class to improve your art—it’s the turning point that will reshape how you draw, think, and grow as an illustrator.
You’ll begin in Procreate by learning essential tools and techniques to simplify your workflow, such as brush settings, visual fundamentals, and productive drawing habits. From quick thumbnail sketches to fully composed scenes, you’ll work through a variety of exercises that align with your personal voice and style. You’ll transition to working in Photoshop and also receive a basic introduction to Blender, learning how to use it to plan out your scenes with a foundational understanding.
This isn’t just a class to improve your art—it’s the turning point that will reshape how you draw, think, and grow as an illustrator.
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Chapter 06.
Color Combination Using the Color Box
1. Introducing the basics of perspective.
2 Tips for using perspective to integrate characters with the background.
3. Demonstrating how photo references can help you study and apply perspective.
Class Perks
Special Gift from Bjork (hamboggy)
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For you to closely study the full processWorking Files -
To develop both your technical and artistic sideClass Exercises Templates -
To support your revision and inspirationReferences -
For reviewAdditonal Dailies
Class Material Details
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Working Files and Class Exercise Templates- All PSDs and procreate files from the class
- 4 final illustration files
- Template files for exercises
- References for exercises
- Class slides, including:
↳ Composition and Visual Design
↳ Value
↳ Perspective
↳ Color
↳ Drawing figures, Clothing and Personality -
References- All references used in the class
- Additional environmental photo references to practice with at your own pace -
Additonal Dailies- 2 additional PSDs and recordings for the "dailies" exercise
Recommendation
Who should take this class?
Beginner Artists
having a hard time getting started in illustration.
Learning Artists
who want to overcome their creative block and feel confident again.
Illustrators
who want to bring more professionalism and visual range to their portfolios
Expert Illustrator Bjork (hamboggy)'s Portfolio
Why Take This Class?
This class is for artists who are ready to go beyond surface-level tutorials and start creating illustrations with structure, purpose, and confidence. It’s designed to show you how cozy, stylized art can actually be a result of disciplined technique and intentional design, not random talent or guesswork.
You’ll work your way through hands-on exercises in Procreate, from quick ideation to full compositions, while learning how to make clear decisions around value, light, color, perspective, and layout. As your scenes grow in complexity, you’ll also use Blender and Photoshop to understand planning, lighting, and how to stage illustrations that feel both atmospheric and believable.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a repeatable process, a sharper eye, and a toolkit of industry-level skills to back up your unique style.
10 Class Exercises
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Inspiration board, keywords -
Simple doodling, note taking -
Perspective exercise -
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Fundamentals exercise -
Line drawing exercise -
Observation to imagination -
Color exercise
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Step-by-step painting -
Figure & gesture drawing -
Clothing folds -
Dailies
*Above are sample images for a better understanding
Final Products
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Narrow Focus, Simple Forms -
Cinematic Environments: From Thumbnails to Visual Narrative -
Designing Character and Personality -
Character Meets World: Building Narrative Scenes
Instructor
Illustrator
Bjork (hamboggy)
Hello, I'm Bjork! I'm a freelance artist from the Faroe Islands, currently living in Seoul. I've been working in games and animation since 2019 with companies like Supercell, Sun Creature, and Envar Studio. My work is often characterized by the small everyday moments, warm imagery, or bright-tone scenery.
I've loved to draw from a pretty young age and remember very clearly the compelling sense of wonder I would get from watching animated films and shows and playing my favourite video games.
After graduating from university in 2019, I entered a phase of confusion; I didn't know where I was headed in my artistic journey. By giving myself free rein to explore my art and eventually changing some of my ways and perspective, I was able to rediscover what I love about drawing and reconnect with that nostalgic feeling of enchantment.
Through trial and error, I've learned that flexibility of mindset and simplifying your approach are key to success. In this class, I aim to demystify the art-making process and show you that your journey doesn't have to be perfect in order for you to create great works of art."
Illustrator, Bjork (hamboggy)
[Current]
- Freelance Artist
- Freelance Illustrator for Supercell, Brawl Stars
[Previous]
- Freelance Art Director at Sun Creature
- Concept Artist at Envar Studio
- Concept Artist at Opus Artz
Projects & Awards
Illustrator for Brawl Stars (2024-now)
Freelance Art Director - Sun Creature (2024):
- "A day in Hay Day" - Hayday
- "Paint Brawl" - Brawl Stars
- "JUJU HAS IT ALL" - Brawl Stars
- "Good Randoms" - Brawl Stars
Highlights
Class Highlights
Identifying your artistic sensibilities
Take time to explore your artistic tastes and what genuinely inspires you. Learn to recognize the difference between art that simply impresses you on a technical level and art that truly resonates with you on an emotional or personal level—this awareness will help guide your creative direction more intentionally.
Stop aiming for perfect, for faster progress
Obsession with perfection stunts an artist's growth. Learn how you can overcome stagnation by knowing when to take action, accepting mistakes and learning from them, and moving on to the next drawing.
The importance of ideas and how they drive your choices.
Making design or drawing choices can be surprisingly challenging. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use your core idea or story as a compass to guide those decisions with more clarity.
Class Details
You'll Learn
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Inspiration, Ideation and Thumbnailing.How to specify your inspirations, put your ideas on paper, and create thumbnail sketches that support your story or concept. -
CompositionComposition theory and all the different tools you can use to enhance your illustrations. -
Light and ColorThe artist's approach to color and light that depicts warmth and coziness on a digital canvas.
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Creating Charming EnvironmentsThe artist's process on how she creates environments that feel homely and peaceful. -
Character DrawingA simple guide to the artist's character-creation process along with exercises for you to try on your own. -
Integrating Characters into BackgroundsHow to integrate characters with backgrounds using a clear, simple approach to scale and perspective
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Interview with
Illustrator Bjork (hamboggy)
Question.01
Is there a specific reason you chose this topic/themes?
For a long time, I struggled because I felt lost in my artistic journey and felt like I was lagging behind my peers. Everyone seemed to know exactly what they were good at, which made them stand out in their fields, whereas I couldn't figure out the same for myself. In my class, I want to share insights that helped me move past that creative slump and reconnect with the joy of making art and finding my voice again.
Question.02
Could you please share how you started your journey in the industry?
I'm from a very small island-nation called the Faroe Islands, and it’s a place where the animation and gaming industry are practically unheard of. This made me resort to seeking out communities online where I could share my drafts and portfolio on online forums. It was through this medium that I was able to get in touch with other artists from around the world and actively engage in a creative environment. Some time later, I moved abroad to study at an art school and received a bachelor in Computer Graphic Arts before landing my first full-time job in London. While I’ve found that a certain degree of flexibility and risk-taking has gotten me this far, it’s the people that I've been fortunate to meet along the way that have played the biggest role in my growth.
Question.03
What are some "to-go" or "must-have" tools in your industry, and why?
My Wacom intuos tablet and laptop! It's what I use every day to do all my work on and it's easy to carry around. I also recently bought a Wacom Cintiq and it's been great to work with, but nothing beats a simple, standard drawing tablet for me.
Required Programs
This course will use Procreate, Photoshop, and Blender.
Please purchase and install these program(s) for an optimized chapter experience.
*These programs and/or materials will not be provided with the chapter.
