Illustration for Patterns with Soul
Creating color palettes and recoloring
A course by Catalina Estrada Uribe , Illustrator and Print Designer
Joined June 2014
Joined June 2014
About the video: Creating color palettes and recoloring
Overview
“I am going to explain how I create some color palettes from photos that inspire me with their colors. This helps me to color my illustrations from combinations that I already know I like. Then we will begin to refine the colors of our drawings and graphic elements according to the color palettes that we had already chosen. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Estrada Uribe addresses the topic: Creating color palettes and recoloring, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Patterns with Soul. Develop your own graphic language through patterns for meaningful projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“CREATING COLOUR PALETTES AND RECOLOURING In the previous lesson we learned to vectorise. We learned to transfer our vectorised files from the notebook to Illustrator and from the iPad to Illustrator. We created pattern brushes and art brushes. In this lesson we'll learn to create colour palettes, which is also very important. We open the Adobe Capture app again. Before, to vectorise, we were here in Shapes. Now we'll go to colours, which used to be called Adobe Kuler, but Capture includes it all. You can do it focusing directly on a plant or object as if you took a picture. I took photos of...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Patterns with Soul
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Category
Design, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Pattern Design, Printing, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Catalina Estrada Uribe
A course by Catalina Estrada Uribe
Catalina Estrada is a renowned Colombian illustrator, based in Barcelona and specialized in pattern design. Her particular visual language of evocative patterns, inspired by nature with organic shapes and vivid colors, has led Catalina to make a niche for herself among the great icons and masters of illustration.
She has worked as an illustrator in advertising for major brands such as Camper, Nike, Font Vella, and Coca-Cola, among others, as well as for institutional campaigns, organizations such as UNICEF, Amnesty International, and Arrels, and other clients with a diverse range objectives.
Catalina also collaborates as a volunteer on social projects, doing her bit to improve the environment and people's lives. These projects allow her to blaze new graphic trails and expand her way of working.
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