Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design
Coloring beetles P3
A course by Diana Flores Blazquez , Scientific Illustrator
Joined February 2020
About the video: Coloring beetles P3
Overview
“Finally, I show you how the beetles were already colored and I give you some tips to detail them.”
In this video lesson Diana Flores Blazquez addresses the topic: Coloring beetles P3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design. Learn analog and digital techniques to design illustrated patterns with a protagonist: the beetle.
Partial transcription of the video
“Coloring Beetles Once we remove all the excess from our beetles on the stain layer, it will look like this. The truth is that it already looks good, you can use it to make other patterns and designs. We'll use them a different way. We have the detail layer locked and the stain layer. We'll now duplicate the stain layer by using the shortcut Ctrl + J to copy it, and we'll place it on top of the detail layer. It will cover our layer. We decrease the opacity to about half. You can try different filters to highlight colors on your beetles. I'll use Hue, so if it's at 100%, it will look like thi...”
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Course summary for: Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design
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Category
Design, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Pattern Design, Traditional illustration

Diana Flores Blazquez
A course by Diana Flores Blazquez
Diana Flores Blázquez is a Mexican visual artist and illustrator who mainly works in digital scientific illustration. She graduated from a Master's degree in illustration five years ago and developed her brand project, which is inspired by nature and real species to create elements of decoration and design. Since then, she has been working with private clients, institutions, and companies looking to bring the natural sciences to a wide variety of visual and artistic outlets.
Her clients range from people interested in a particular species to institutions and research centers, as well as stores and design brands. Diana has worked with UNAM and UAM in Mexico, the University of Campeche, and with brands such as Pineda Covalín.
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