Illustration Techniques and Styles with Procreate
Theory about light and shadow
A course by Óscar Lloréns , Illustrator
About the video: Theory about light and shadow
Overview
“In this lesson I'm going to help you understand how light falls on the surface of objects so you can see how we can easily add volume to our illustration. Once we know where the main light source is, I will teach how to apply lights and shadows through color to give volume to the different objects that make up our illustration. Since our end result relies heavily on creating compelling volume, I would first like to briefly explain how light falls on objects to create that sense of volume. I'll give a very basic and standard example of a sphere and how it casts a shadow on a plane. ”
In this video lesson Óscar Lloréns addresses the topic: Theory about light and shadow, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques and Styles with Procreate. Learn how to approach an illustration project with different techniques to find your style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Theory of light and shadows Now I'll help you to understand how light behaves on the different elements of our scene in order to give our illustration volume. Let's take a look. A very important aspect that we have to keep in mind before starting any illustration or painting project, is how light behaves. In this lesson, what I will try to explain is precisely how light behaves on the different elements in our scene. For this, I have created a basic scene where we have our light source, represented by this shape, that I'll place here on the right, and we have a sphere. A sphere is usually a...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques and Styles with Procreate
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Óscar Lloréns
A course by Óscar Lloréns
Óscar Lloréns is an illustrator and designer. Over the course of his nearly two-decade career, he has worked for leading advertising agencies in Spain, the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.
His illustrations have been the driving force behind major campaigns for big-name brands, including Coca-Cola, Fiat, Red Bull, Vodafone, Movistar, and Cepsa, and have covered the pages of newspapers and magazines such as El País Semanal and Vanity Fair. His crowded illustrations have also been seen by millions of viewers as the backdrop in the confession room on the TV show Gran Hermano.
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