Fan Art with Style
Composition, thumbnails and draft
A course by Helder Oliveira , Illustrator
About the video: Composition, thumbnails and draft
Overview
“In this class, I’ll cover the topic of composition. I will do thumbnails and start the draft of my final project showing some of the style decisions that I usually make.”
In this video lesson Helder Oliveira addresses the topic: Composition, thumbnails and draft, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fan Art with Style. Learn how to develop your own drawing style with illustration techniques in Adobe Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Composition, thumbnails and draft Composition is one of the pillars on which we establish our own style. To start my fanart, I will explain about it and create a draft. Come on? To speak of composition is to speak of a theme that has already been studied a lot within the visual arts, cinema, photography, etc. But what is composition? In general, it is nothing more than the way you organize the elements inside an illustration and the message that this organization is going to produce. Since your character is positioned in the image, what is the relationship between the scenario and your char...”
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Course summary for: Fan Art with Style
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Helder Oliveira
A course by Helder Oliveira
Helder Oliveira studied to be a physical therapist, but discovered that his true passion was illustration. He draws on Brazilian and international pop culture and children's shows, like Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum, Pokémon, and The Chronicles of Narnia, as inspiration to create digital fan art that allows him to expand on his favorite universes and create new ones with his signature illustration style.
Helder has created illustrations, book covers, and advertising pieces for major Brazilian publishers like Globo Livros, Record, and Superinteressante magazine.
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