Digital Portraits with a Traditional Style in Photoshop
Creating a Photo Reference
A course by Daniel Ibanez , Fine Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Creating a Photo Reference
Overview
“I will teach you how to create a photo reference for the final project. Follow these tips for developing and enhancing your photo references. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Ibanez addresses the topic: Creating a Photo Reference, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Portraits with a Traditional Style in Photoshop. Explore digital painting through a traditional lens by creating expressive portraits filled with texture.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Creating a Photo Reference In the previous lesson, we did some fun exercises that helped introduce you to the concepts of simplification and studying light through value. In this lesson, I'll talk about finding inspiration and creating a photo reference that goes beyond grabbing a photo off the internet. Before we go and do our portrait, think about what inspires our portrait. What kind of portrait do we want to do? Is it supposed to feel modern and edgy, sci-fi, traditional, romantic? What do we want? I like to get the mood of what I'll go for firmly established. If you look at my Pinter...”
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Course summary for: Digital Portraits with a Traditional Style in Photoshop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration
Daniel Ibanez
A course by Daniel Ibanez
Daniel Ibanez is a fine artist and illustrator from Colorado, US. He grew up with a mother and grandmother who cultivated his intrinsic passion for art and began drawing before he could walk. He was also taught by Disney artist Ray Venilla as a child. Daniel was part of his first public exhibition and sold his first still-life painting at just 16 years old. He went on to win numerous awards and scholarships, and was accepted into established galleries before going on to study a degree in teaching art at university. While studying, he was featured in Southwest Art Magazine as one of America’s top young artists.
Since then, Daniel has hosted a TED Talk and made the Google+ recommended users list, through which he amassed 1.5 million followers on the platform. Using a variety of artistic mediums, he has worked on everything from magazine and newspaper features to book covers and advertising projects. In 2020, he was also awarded the Kevin Workman Sponsorship for promising artists and creative professionals.
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