Creative Composition for Illustration with Procreate
Lights and Shades
A course by Chabaski , Illustrator and 2D animator
About the video: Lights and Shades
Overview
“In this lesson I will teach you one of my favorite resources to make my illustrations stand out: light and shadow.”
In this video lesson Chabaski addresses the topic: Lights and Shades, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Composition for Illustration with Procreate. Learn to illustrate by exploring different digital composition tools and unlock your creativity.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lights and shadows In the last unit you did your outline and added color to your illustrations. We're almost done. In this unit I'll show you how to add lights and shadows, add a touch with textures and how to export it for your social media. Something I like to add to my illustrations are very defined lights and shadows. So the lights stand out from the other colors in the palette and so the shadows are very defined, dark blacks. There is a whole study about how to add lights and color theory, but I do it in a very simple way, I'll share my little secret. We have a sphere on the canvas and...”
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Course summary for: Creative Composition for Illustration with Procreate
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Areas
Creativity, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Chabaski
A course by Chabaski
Carolina Martínez, better known as Chabaski, is an illustrator and 2D animator from Mexico. She has worked in illustration and animation studios and currently works freelance for major national and international brands like Google, Snapchat, Uber, Heifer, and Adult Swim.
She specializes in illustration and digital content, using software like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Procreate. She finds inspiration for her artwork in nature, womanhood, and esoteric doctrines.
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