Pictorial Portraits Using Digital Techniques

Overview

“We will make our color palette for our illustration. We will give the first brushstrokes taking into account the energy, the direction that each one has and we will talk about plasticity. In this lesson I will teach you which are the areas of greatest interest and we will stop at them, making them stand out above the rest of the elements of the composition. You will see how the Zorn palette will come in handy for some parts of the body. ”

In this video lesson Alex de Marcos García addresses the topic: Color Palette and First Brush Strokes 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pictorial Portraits Using Digital Techniques. Learn how to use Photoshop to create illustrations using pixels as brushstrokes.

Partial transcription of the video

“COLOR PALETTE AND FIRST STROKES To understand the importance of color palettes, I'll explain a situation that happened to me with a client: Coca-Cola. I did a project for Royal Bliss, it's the same company, I was invited to visit the office and give a talk. As I opened the door, what I heard as I did this was a sound like a can opening and a spray came down that smelled of Coca-Cola. They were really corporate. In the hall I saw that there was a huge chandelier and it was made of small Coca-Cola bottles. As I took this project, I realised I had to be very corporate and that my color palette...”

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Course summary for: Pictorial Portraits Using Digital Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 10125 students
• 4 units
• 23 lessons (3h 45m)
• 44 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Portrait Drawing