Pictorial Techniques for Digital Painting
Dark tones
A course by Javier González Pacheco , Illustrator
Joined October 2012
About the video: Dark tones
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn how to paint darker areas to start creating volumes.”
In this video lesson Javier González Pacheco addresses the topic: Dark tones, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pictorial Techniques for Digital Painting. Learn coloring methods to achieve a pictorial feel in your illustrations using Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Dark tones We need to create volumes in the work, so now we will paint dark areas to give more three-dimensionality to the work. I show you how I do it. We already have the midtones, now we will begin to give the dark tones. Inside the color palette we will use the tones from here on the right, what are the dark tones that we choose from our photographic references. When we start to paint with the dark tones, all that is the figure, the elements, the eastern planet, everything will take on more volume and three-dimensionality. This pink is the one I used for the figure of the girl, so I'll ...”
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Course summary for: Pictorial Techniques for Digital Painting
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Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration
Javier González Pacheco
A course by Javier González Pacheco
Javier G. Pacheco is an illustrator from Albacete, who has been based in Barcelona, Spain for over ten years. His passion for illustration began as a child, alongside his mother who painted and shared her passion for art and illustration to help develop Javier’s creative skills.
He obtained his first art degree in Escuela de Artes Antonio López in Tomelloso, Spain, and furthered his studies at Escuela de Arte de Toledo with a Higher-level degree in Illustration. He then started his first art and design studio with a close friend, where he was able to apply his traditional and digital illustrations to products, posters, branding projects, and more.
After several years working at his own studio, Javier went on to working with renowned fashion brands in Barcelona, Spain. Today, Javier is a freelance illustrator, with exhibitions of his work in countries like France, Mexico, Taiwan, Canada, Italy, and more, and has published his own Art Book with Omniki Ediciones.
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