Illustration with a Social Purpose: Leave Your Artistic Mark
Aquatic Details
A course by Fatinha Ramos , illustrator
About the video: Aquatic Details
Overview
“Here I will develop the illustration down to the last details. ”
In this video lesson Fatinha Ramos addresses the topic: Aquatic Details, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration with a Social Purpose: Leave Your Artistic Mark . Create conceptual illustrations that evoke a positive impact on the world by combining manual textures and digital tools in Photoshop .
Partial transcription of the video
“Aquatic Details In this class, we'll go through the last details of the illustration. Let's insert the microplastics and make the shadows to make everything more complete. Come on? Before inserting the microplastics and working the shadows, looking at my illustration, I see that plastics will also need textures and work. One of the ways I can do it is, having the Auto-Select here, I'm going here with my bottle in front of the baby for example, it is selected here. I had to put her out of the plastics group for my opacity and all of this to work. Now let's go here to this bottle. I take this...”
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Course summary for: Illustration with a Social Purpose: Leave Your Artistic Mark
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Fatinha Ramos
A course by Fatinha Ramos
After more than a decade working as a designer and art director, Portuguese-born Fatinha Ramos decided to make her old dream of becoming a full-time illustrator her reality. Through conceptual images filled with unique textures and a touch of surrealism, she connects with her audience by creating pieces with a social message that explore themes such as global warming, racism, and sexism.
She has collaborated with big names including MoMA, Google, The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and Amnesty International. Her work has also been recognized internationally by American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators NY, 3×3 Magazine, Communication Arts, World Illustrations Awards, Creative Quarterly, Global Illustration Awards, Cannes Lions, and more.
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