Digital Illustration with Manga Influence
Exploring the terrain
A course by Akimaro , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Exploring the terrain
Overview
“Doesn't it happen to you that you imagine something incredible and when you start to draw it, the idea goes away? I will teach you my thumbnailing process so that you can explore different graphic proposals in a short time, I will explain what elements make up a series and I will teach you the importance of having a moodboard with references of what we like, to guide your illustrations much more. ”
In this video lesson Akimaro addresses the topic: Exploring the terrain, 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
“Exploring the Terrain Do you ever imagine something incredible and when you draw it, it vanishes? It's usually because we want to focus on the small details first. A big mistake is committing yourself to a drawing that you haven't planned out. In this lesson, I'll teach you my thumbnail process. I recommend starting with the general and moving to the particular. Don't worry too much and think of basic figures as if you were drawing geometric shapes. What you should plan in a thumbnail is the physicality, the size of your elements, and which narrative or compositional element you'll use. For...”
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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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