Fan Art with Style

Light and shadow, lines and contrasts

A course by Helder Oliveira , Illustrator

Illustrator. São Paulo, Brazil.
Joined November 2019
100% positive reviews (35)
625 students
Audio: Portuguese
Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: Light and shadow, lines and contrasts

Overview

“In this class, I will add light and shadows, end the line and reinforce the contrasts in the illustration.”

In this video lesson Helder Oliveira addresses the topic: Light and shadow, lines and contrasts, 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

“Light and shadow, lines and contrasts To finish an illustration, we can follow many paths. The addition of light, shadow, lines and contrasts you can add in the style of your fanart. There are many artists who, when they finish drawing, prefer to leave everything with flat colors, more or less like this. So, they don't use a lot of rendering, a lot of shade variation. For example, there are artists who will prefer to solve that shadow of Pedro's neck like that. And make variations. That same color. And there will be artists who will prefer to make only a dark shade. It can be black, a darke...”

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Course summary for: Fan Art with Style

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (35)
  • 625 students
  • 4 units
  • 13 lessons (2h 25m)
  • 9 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Helder Oliveira

Helder Oliveira
A course by Helder Oliveira

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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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  • 625 students
  • 13 lessons (2h 25m)
  • 19 additional resources (9 files)
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  • Audio: Portuguese
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  • Level: Beginner
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Fan Art with Style. Illustration course by Helder Oliveira

Fan Art with Style

A course by Helder Oliveira
Illustrator. São Paulo, Brazil.
Joined November 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (35)
  • 625 students