Designing and Illustrating Antagonistic Characters
Highlights, shadows and details 2
A course by Patricio Oliver , Designer, Illustrator and Teacher
About the video: Highlights, shadows and details 2
Overview
“Second part of the lesson.”
In this video lesson Patricio Oliver addresses the topic: Highlights, shadows and details 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Illustrating Antagonistic Characters. Learn the creative process to create amazing characters with opposite qualities in a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“Highlights, shadows and details Another thing we can do is also use shadows. Do you see that Wonder Woman has shadows applied in some parts? We will do something similar. As we did with the tiara, we will take a shadow make it quite enveloping. Let's clone and we will apply it behind the armor. Maybe we can correct it a little so that it is not so excessive, but do you see how it is already beginning to show that the armor is above, as it is not glued? If we want, we can replicate this elsewhere. This still depends a lot on what one wants to generate, It is not that yes or yes it has to go ...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Illustrating Antagonistic Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Patricio Oliver
A course by Patricio Oliver
Patricio Oliver graduated in Graphic Design from the University of Buenos Aires, where he later taught Typography and Illustration. His style focuses on the synthetic and the dynamic to create organic geometry filled with color. He specializes in character design, comics, editorial illustration, and product design for character licensing.
He has worked for brands like Pony, Kid Robot, Cartoon Network, History Channel, and National Geographic Kids, among others. He also illustrates books and has published comics that focus on themes like gender and diversity, including superhero comics with a very personal approach.
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