Fan Art with Style
Creating and applying a color palette
A course by Helder Oliveira , Illustrator
About the video: Creating and applying a color palette
Overview
“In this class, I’m going to talk about color and contrasts. I will discuss how colors can convey messages and how some artists use a palette to print their style in their fanart.”
In this video lesson Helder Oliveira addresses the topic: Creating and applying a color palette, 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
“Creating and applying a color palette Color is another determining point for the construction of an artist's style. So in this class I’ll show you how to choose colors can help in creating a visual identity. Many artists prefer to use a select group of colors. The palette, as it is known, is a group of pre-selected colors that will be part of a drawing or drawing group. Color pre-selection can be an excellent tool to define how the world looks in your eyes, at the same time that it perpetuates this idea of visual cohesion most or most of his illustrations. A palette can have from two to a g...”
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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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