Digital Painting with a Traditional Touch

Acrylic portrait

“The end of our course has come, it has been a pleasure to share this whole process with you, as you will remember, we reviewed graphic influences on my work, we talked about color, light, composition and visual narrative, we chose a story to tell with basic text and photos, We explore the basic tools of Photoshop, we create a collage on which we build our painting and then learn how to finish it and export digital and printed media. Also, remember these three important concepts: the selection of photographs as it will be the basis of the general concept that will shape your project, carefully emphasize the most important details for you and unify everything with a balance of color and textures. Keep in mind to experiment because in the end the most important thing is that you are your main critic.

To make your project more original, I recommend using your own photographs and written phrases, it can be with your phone or vintage photo files of your family, digitize them or any element that you like personally. It is important to know that this type of work will always be ambiguous and it takes time to generate your own visual narrative, it is also necessary to always experiment to have greater freedom and know more about yourself and what you can achieve. I invite you to review the work of other colleagues, to participate in a positive criticism among all, we must always inspire ourselves to have more desire to create. Surround yourself with creative people who make you grow. ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project To finish I would like you to see a small summary of everything we saw in the course. First I told you about three fundamental elements in painting, light, color and composition, through examples in which you learned how other painters, they manage to create a unique universe in each of their works. Later we began the conceptual development of painting. Did you see how I used to write down ideas, dreams and thoughts in my notebooks and how do you tell a story from them? Remember that there are no written rules here. The idea is not to limit yourself when creating yours. Everyt...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting with a Traditional Touch

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (62)
• 1350 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (3h 0m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

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