Female Character Portraits in Procreate
Initial studies: light, shade, color and texture
A course by Natália Dias , Illustrator
About the video: Initial studies: light, shade, color and texture
Overview
“Here I will explain some concepts of light, shadow, color and texture and how to apply them through the design of a sphere.”
In this video lesson Natália Dias addresses the topic: Initial studies: light, shade, color and texture, which is part of the Domestika online course: Female Character Portraits in Procreate. Explore digital illustration techniques by creating portraits filled with imagination.
Partial transcription of the video
“Initial studies: light, shadow, color and texture In this lesson you'll see some exercises with spheres to better understand light, shadow, color and texture. I like to do studies with spheres because I believe it is easier to understand how light, shadow, color and texture apply to surfaces. Some artists prefer to do studies with polygons or cubes. You can choose whatever you feel most comfortable with. Some artists prefer to do these studies of the human face with more polygonal shapes, which facilitates the visualization of the planes of the face, but then you have to turn those straight...”
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Course summary for: Female Character Portraits in Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Natália Dias
A course by Natália Dias
Natália Dias is an illustrator from Rio de Janeiro, based in Paraná. Her passion for drawing began at a young age, and at just 15 years old, she began to share her first creations online. Without neglecting her creative side at any moment, she completed her undergraduate and master's degrees in history, with a major in fashion history.
Illustration has long been her hobby, but, more recently, she managed to break into the professional sphere, producing commissions for companies such as Telecine. She is currently working as a freelance illustrator and shares her work online with her more-than-300K Instagram followers.
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