Digital Portraits with a Traditional Style in Photoshop
Establishing the Values
A course by Daniel Ibanez , Fine Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Establishing the Values
Overview
“Time to begin adding value. The shapes of light and dark make the painting come to life. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Ibanez addresses the topic: Establishing the Values, 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
“ Establishing the Values In the previous lesson, we used lines to find big shapes. In this lesson, we'll use value to do the same. Finding the planes of light and dark to help us understand light direction and form. Let's get to it. Now, we're onto step two. I'll create a new layer. I'll use a mixture of different brushes. I'll start with the Canvas Grunge brush and make it as big as I can tolerate. This next section is called establishing the values. We have two options. We can either use the Alt key to color sample and get the exact color there or choose our colors using the Color window...”
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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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