Digital Portraits with a Traditional Style in Photoshop
Adjustments, Modifications and Enhancements
A course by Daniel Ibanez , Fine Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Adjustments, Modifications and Enhancements
Overview
“This lesson will teach you to go beyond the reference photo and truly bring the painting to life! Color, mark-making, exaggeration, and experimentation are the keys to success. You will use every tool in your toolset to find the essence of the painting. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Ibanez addresses the topic: Adjustments, Modifications and Enhancements, 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
“ Adjustments, Modifications and Enhancements In the last lesson, we added refinement to our portrait but it's still not done. As I mentioned before, it's important to know when to step away and come back with fresh eyes. In this lesson, I'll show you some of the enhancements, modifications, and adjustments I use to finish my portrait. The first thing I do after coming back to do this final step of the painting is correct my drawing problems. Sometimes there's a bit of proportion problem or the axis of the face is a little messed up. Sometimes I need to go in and add a little bit of transit...”
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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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