Illustrating Emotions through Color
Narrating from the Grays 2
A course by Gaby Zermeño , Illustrator and Concept Artist
About the video: Narrating from the Grays 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson I will give you some tips so that you can start thinking about values and some others so that we better understand the relationships of light and shadow. For this we will focus on performing an observation exercise in gray.”
In this video lesson Gaby Zermeño addresses the topic: Narrating from the Grays 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Emotions through Color. Harness the power of color to create emotional illustrations that impact the eye as well as the heart.
Partial transcription of the video
“Narrating from the grays Now that we've covered this part of the values, they are going to wonder how they are going to do it, how can they now think of values. Is it just thinking in gray? The answer is yes and no. It is not only about thinking without color, it is about understanding the relationships of light and shadow that exist. What I recommend is that you observe a lot and do a conscious analysis on the image they are seeing and check which is the darkest and the lightest area. I recommend doing this exercise, taking scenes that you liked a lot about a movie and pass them to graysca...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Emotions through Color
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Color Theory, Concept Art, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Gaby Zermeño
A course by Gaby Zermeño
Gaby Zermeño is a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Guadalajara (Mexico). She specializes in digital illustration and character and concept art development.
She has illustrated children's books for publishers such as Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, and Storytime Magazine, created storyboards for Netflix, and animated projects for studios like Anima, Mighty, Lunch Films, and Sesame Workshop. She has also participated in advertising illustration projects for Cartoon Network and OhMyDisney.
In addition, Gaby teaches Professional Illustration at ESCENA, an animation and digital art school in Mexico.
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