Digital Illustration with Manga Influence
The power of color
A course by Akimaro , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: The power of color
Overview
“Color is a great way to convey personality and feelings. I will help you explore different ways to make a color palette effective and I will show you some generators of the same. ”
In this video lesson Akimaro addresses the topic: The power of color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration with Manga Influence. Learn how to create atmospheric scenes and emotional characters with Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Power of Color Color is a fantastic way to convey personality and feelings. I'll help you explore different ways to create an effective color palette. Let's take a look. THE POWER OF COLOR Colors convey feelings. Making the viewer feel something is one of the most key aspects of visual narratives. To understand them easily, let's start with the basics. We'll divide them into warm and cold colors. Warm colors are usually related to happiness, to lots of activity, to the sun. And we can say that yellow itself suggests optimism, intensity, emphasis. Or that orange suggests happiness and en...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration with Manga Influence
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Digital Illustration, Manga, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Akimaro
A course by Akimaro
Adriana De la Torre, also known as Akimaro, is a designer by profession and an illustrator by trade. Combining these two arts, she has devoted herself to helping clients find their voice and telling stories through images. Since she was 16, Adriana has been publishing comics independently and is the co-author of the webcomic Parellet, published since 2012 and with two volumes in print.
Recently, she has worked with publishers like Penguin Random House to create illustrations for a teenage demographic. She loves to experiment and combines her experience in graphic design with her interest in modern Japanese culture.
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