Lighting Principles for Digital Painting
Influences
A course by Samuel Smith , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this video, I’d like to talk about some of the artists that have most influenced my work, through their painting skills or storytelling abilities. I hope you’ll enjoy their work as much as I do, and that this allows you to discover new inspirations. I’m also sharing a few more artists in the additional resources section.”
In this video lesson Samuel Smith addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lighting Principles for Digital Painting. Learn how to adapt your digital illustrations to a series of natural and artificial lighting conditions on Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Now that you know a bit more about me, let's talk about influences. I have many, many influences and inspirations, but I tried to pick a few artists that have really influenced and developed the way that I work. Let's have a look. The biggest influence on my work is definitely the legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. If you've seen his films, then you know why he's the best. If you haven't, I strongly recommend that you watch all of them. He made a lot of wonderful movies, but also mangas, which is a bit less known. I'm very inspired not only by the movies and ma...”
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Course summary for: Lighting Principles for Digital Painting
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration
Samuel Smith
A course by Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith is a freelance visual development artist for animation, with a passion for igniting animation projects with light. After studying 3D animation, he started painting digitally without ever thinking he could achieve a professional level. However, after some years of hard work and dedication, continuously researching and observing his surroundings, he started to work on important animation projects and was hired by SPA, Spain, as a color artist.
He has worked on many commercials, TV shows, and two feature films: Klaus for SPA Studios and another upcoming animated film for Illumination Studios.
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