Illustrated Scenes Using Traditional Techniques on Photoshop
Illustrate in layers
A course by Jimena Estíbaliz , Illustrator
About the video: Illustrate in layers
Overview
“We will begin the digital illustration process. The first thing will be to trace all the elements of each painting in colored plates, all this, in independent layers. This will allow us to manipulate each shape separately until we are satisfied with the silhouettes and proportions of your illustration.”
In this video lesson Jimena Estíbaliz addresses the topic: Illustrate in layers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Scenes Using Traditional Techniques on Photoshop. Learn how to tell a story visually by combining narrative with manual and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Illustrate in layers Now that you have the file ready to digitize your illustration, I will show you how is my process to draw in layers. We will trace colored plates in which you can easily modify each element you draw. We will make each element in a different layer. Thus, if you need to modify size, direction or proportion, you can go back easily to the part where you want to make any modification. We already have the file. The first thing we will do is save it with the title you want to put it. Let us begin. We will make the illustration with the color palette that you already chose. Rem...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Scenes Using Traditional Techniques on Photoshop
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Jimena Estíbaliz
A course by Jimena Estíbaliz
Jimena Estíbaliz is a Mexican illustrator specialized in editorial illustration. After her studies in Design and Visual Communication in UNAM, Mexico, she was an assistant to Juan Palomino, which began her path into illustration as a full-time career. She then pursued studies in Narrative Illustration, which allowed her to hone her personal style as an illustrator.
Her passion lies in telling her own personal stories and those of others through her illustrations. She has created book covers and illustrations for editorials such as Random House, Planeta, and for Mexican institutions such as the Secretary of National Culture, the Secretary of Public Education, and the Ministry of Education of Culture and Sports for the Spanish Embassy. She has also illustrated for magazines like Tierra Adentro, Letras Libres, KM 0 Chilango, and Palacio de Hierro and worked with musicians like Silvana Estrada, Alex Ferreira, and Pasión Vega, creating their posters, album covers, and more.
She has won the Cartel de la 39 Filij contest, was selected in the IX Catálogo Iberoamericano 2018, and was a finalist for the Silent Book Contest 2018 of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
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