Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate

Adding Typography and Shapes 2

A course by Samuel Rodriguez , Artist and Illustrator

Artist and Illustrator. San José, United States.
Joined December 2019
96% positive reviews (178)
5,511 students
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About the video: Adding Typography and Shapes 2

Overview

“We are going to continue adding colors to the lettering and overlapping them. The key to this lesson is to be dynamic, this means you need various line weights, and sizes of shapes.”

In this video lesson Samuel Rodriguez addresses the topic: Adding Typography and Shapes 2, 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

“ADDING TYPOGRAPHY & SHAPES Now I have the shape of the hat, which is the major part and I'll worry about the color afterwards. I am going to continue on the layer of the typography and once I complete that, I'm gonna go back to the hat and I'll show how to color it. I am going to color it while maintaining the shape. I've mentioned this function, it's called Alpha Lock. Let's go back to the typography on the top layer because I wanna add some maybe on top of the hat. Looking at my thumbnail, I have this symbol here, which is that Pac-Man logo, so I'm gonna put it down on there. Now we h...”

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Course summary for: Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate

  • Level: Beginner
  • 96% positive reviews (178)
  • 5511 students
  • 5 units
  • 28 lessons (6h 44m)
  • 2 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Procreate
  • Areas

    Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Samuel Rodriguez

Samuel Rodriguez
A course by Samuel Rodriguez

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Artist and Illustrator

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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Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate. Illustration course by Samuel Rodriguez

Creative Portrait Illustration with Procreate

A course by Samuel Rodriguez
Artist and Illustrator. San José, United States.
Joined December 2019
  • 96% positive reviews (178)
  • 5,511 students