Digital Illustration with Manga Influence
Textures and handcrafted elements to finish details
A course by Akimaro , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Textures and handcrafted elements to finish details
Overview
“An organic touch makes digital illustration look much more natural. Therefore, I want to show you how to experiment with basic materials such as ink or crayons and develop different textures and / or elements that you can add to your illustrations. At the end of this, we will add small details or highlights that will give more realism to the illustrations. I will also teach you how to apply color corrections so that your atmosphere is complete and how to replicate it in the same way to your entire series. ”
In this video lesson Akimaro addresses the topic: Textures and handcrafted elements to finish details, 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
“Textures and Handmade Elements to Finalize Details Organic touches give a more natural look to digital illustrations. That's why I want to show you some textures that can boost your drawing. I'll show you two ways I make my textures, but you can experiment as you like. Let's look at two exercises. The first one requires a blank sheet of paper and a black crayon. We'll outline a rectangle and we'll scribble until the sheet is filled with crayon. Try to make your scribbles in a circular shape to make little holes within the crayon on the paper. It's important to cover as much area as you can....”
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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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