Digital Shading Techniques
Preparation of the file
A course by Abraham García , Illustrator
About the video: Preparation of the file
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how and why you should order your layers in Illustrator in order to make our workflow as practical and orderly as possible. ”
In this video lesson Abraham García addresses the topic: Preparation of the file, 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
“Ok Finally it's time to prepare The file that we're going to work with I'm going to show you how to sort the layers How to open your file Where to put your brushes And it's more or less. This is probably going to be the shortest lesson of the course That's not going to be less important Now I'm going to show you how we're going to organize our file How are we going to use our references And why? � Usually in this type of files I use Minimum three layers Which is for example this layer where we are going to make our illustration This layer where we are going to have our sketch References, al...”
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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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