Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate
References of portraits and faces
A course by Samuel Rodriguez , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: References of portraits and faces
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how I approach finding references to use for drawing a Portrait and what I take in count.”
In this video lesson Samuel Rodriguez addresses the topic: References of portraits and faces, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate. Learn how to combine lettering and abstract elements in your digital portraits.
Partial transcription of the video
“REFERENCES OF PORTRAITS AND FACES The next lesson, in my opinion, is one of the most important. That's gathering your research and references for your drawings. If you're doing many jobs, it's good to stay organized and categorize all the different things. I have my lessons categorized as such. I have my image references, four different folders: Characters, Color Objects, Faces, Letters and Symbols. You'll see what it means as we progress. Let's begin with Faces. The face that I'm gonna be drawing today is my nephew. The picture is through an iPhone. This is not ideal, as far as what I like...”
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Course summary for: Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Samuel Rodriguez
A course by Samuel Rodriguez
Samuel Rodriguez started off his artistic journey as a self-taught graffiti artist in California, which led him to study Fine Arts at California College of the Arts. Now he is an artist with over 25 years’ experience, in many artistic professions, and on numerous types of projects ranging from murals for public art spaces to illustrating for clothing apparel, editorials, and more.
His colorful, abstract portraits reflect the cultural hybridity he observes all around him, looking at society, history, and all aspects of culture as his main source of inspiration. Samuel is a referent artist in the Bay Area art scene, and is a full-time self-employed artist, exhibiting for galleries such as Thinkspace, and working for major brands such as Puma, Samsung, Hero, and more.
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