Digital Shading Techniques
Lights and shadows - Part I
A course by Abraham García , Illustrator
About the video: Lights and shadows - Part I
Overview
“One of the basic fundamentals of this course is to know how to create lights and shadows on different surfaces to give an illusion of volume to our illustrations. We will do a couple of exercises where I will show you how to do it. ”
In this video lesson Abraham García addresses the topic: Lights and shadows - Part I, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Shading Techniques. Learn to illustrate with different patterns, hatching, and strokes using Illustrator and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we are going to do a small exercise using simple polygons in Illustrator. We will add and shadows and explain the Shredder Illustrator technique. I hope you have practiced what we covered in previous lessons. as it's time to practice it with a small exercise. This exercise is very simple and mainly for you to get Get acquainted with the tools we've been using. We're going to enhance basic shapes with lights and shadows. starting with this circle. The task is to transform it into a sphere. We'll utilize the tools I've introduced in earlier lessons. I trust you've completed yo...”
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Course summary for: Digital Shading Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Engraving, Traditional illustration
Abraham García
A course by Abraham García
Abraham García is a graphic designer who specializes in illustration but also enjoys experimenting with a wide variety of traditional and digital techniques.
Over the last ten years, he has worked with advertising agencies like Grupo W in Saltillo, Mexico, and Vault 49 in New York, where he currently works as a freelance artist. Throughout this time, he has developed projects for branding, packaging, illustration, web design, album covers, and more.
Some of Abraham’s clients include Harley Davidson, Gatorade, Jack Daniel’s, Volkswagen, Bicycle Cards, and publications such as Picnic, Quo, and Travel and Leisure.
Abraham is also passionate about tattoos, caricatures, graffiti, film, and comics. He enjoys working with his hands on projects involving carpentry, industrial design, and metal structures. For him, “As designers, we are the result of our interests and passions.”
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