Portrait Illustration Techniques with Illustrator and Photoshop
Vectorization: volumes, lights and shadows 2
A course by Rogério Puhl , Illustrator, art director and graphic designer
About the video: Vectorization: volumes, lights and shadows 2
Overview
“ℹ - Illustration based on Daryan Dornelles photography. Model Chico Buarque. In this second part of the lesson, you will see how I work the character's hair and shirt. In addition, how will the illustration with the vectorization of shadows finished.”
In this video lesson Rogério Puhl addresses the topic: Vectorization: volumes, lights and shadows 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Illustration Techniques with Illustrator and Photoshop. Explore the possibilities of starting from a photo to create illustrated portraits that are full of personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“Vectorization Volumes, lights and shadows Now let's finish the shirt and finally the hair. In the hair we will only make some spots with a lighter blue, with the one at the bottom to mark some hair highlights that with the brushes we will add volume and make the color passages. But let's start by vectorizing the shadows of Chico Buarque's shirt. The first thing we will do is look for the shirt layer and we will draw the heaviest shadows in our illustration. Let's see, we'll start here. Do not worry about taking only the darkest shade of the shirt, because the rest, the volumes and the shado...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Illustration Techniques with Illustrator and Photoshop
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Rogério Puhl
A course by Rogério Puhl
Rogério Puhl knew from a very early age what he wanted to be in life: an artist. This young Brazilian artist was admitted to the School of Arts of Chapecó at age 14, and when he was 18, he discovered the world of digital illustration. Then, he began to collaborate professionally as an illustrator, art director, and graphic designer in advertising agencies such as Agência 750 and Estúdio Alice, as the co-founder of both.
He has painted murals around the globe and he currently lives in Turin, Italy. With his PUHL studio, he uses digital illustration to work ideas of common sense in his images and transforms them in the most unusual way possible to give narrative to his drawings. He has worked with renowned national and international advertising agencies, such as Africa, MTV, McDonalds, Red Bull, AlmapBBDO, DM9DDB, JWT, Cubo.cc, Africa, NBS, Ogilvy, WMcCann, Age Isobar, Leo Burnett, LiveAD, lew'lara \ TBWA, FutureBrand, Young & Rubicam, among others.
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