Illustrating Emotions through Color
The dramatic touch 2
A course by Gaby Zermeño , Illustrator and Concept Artist
About the video: The dramatic touch 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson I will teach you how to create some illuminations that are not exactly atmospheric and that further enrich our illustration by using cold and warm colors, making everything unify naturally.”
In this video lesson Gaby Zermeño addresses the topic: The dramatic touch 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
“The dramatic touch So the next thing I'd like to do is try a pink light that comes from the post and enlightens these two characters. We will put it on top of both of them. This illustration does bring me a lot of nostalgia to those days where the fair was put on and I wanted to go see them because the lights were good parents and I felt that I was in a magical place. Didn't that happen to you? You see, I've already started to play with the color temperature as well. See if I go a little more towards green tones, A very different atmosphere is already created to continue with these more pin...”
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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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