Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
Lights and shadows 2
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz , Illustrator
About the video: Lights and shadows 2
Overview
“After adding lights and shadows to the illustration, I show you how we could do if we wanted to set it at night or in a less illuminated space.”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Lights and shadows 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate. Learn how to tell stories and convey emotions through children's illustration with your iPad.
Partial transcription of the video
“LIGHTS AND SHADOWS PART 2 Here is my finished drawing with shadows. As I chose a daylight, I don't really require a lot of lighting to give my illustration detail. If I wanted an illustration with another environment, could wear a cape on top of everything. For example, let's make it a dark blue, and I'm going to multiply everything and I'm going to lower my opacity. This immediately changes the lighting in my illustration. I can pass the rubber, choose the same brush that I was using for the pencil previously, and instead of painting, erase on this layer. By deleting this, I give the detai...”
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Course summary for: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Jimena S. Sarquiz
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz
Jimena S. Sarquiz is a freelance illustrator specializing in the illustration of books for children and young people. During her career, she has had the opportunity to illustrate books for different publishers in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, as well as different magazines from Editorial Televisa (Mexico). In 2010, she illustrated her first children's book. Since then, she has illustrated ten more, mostly for publishers in Mexico.
Jimena is an active participant in comic events and design fairs, where she sells her illustrations. Her work can be found on social media under the name Monitos Bonitos.
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