Digital Shading Techniques
References
A course by Abraham García , Illustrator
About the video: References
Overview
“We will talk a little about the idea behind the project that we are going to make, I will share some references of style, composition, typography and color and we will end up creating an board in Photoshop.”
In this video lesson Abraham García addresses the topic: References, 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
“[Music] In this project I have chosen a whiskey label because I think that allows us to combine what is typographic treatment, illustration, some vector treatments. Now we are going to move on to our reference board that They will help give us an idea of what we want to achieve. We are going to take inspiration from them, it will help us to structure our project. [Music] For this project I have decided to make a Whiskey label. We are going to create it from scratch. I chose a whiskey label First of all because I like whiskey, I really like aesthetics that is used for its branding, apart fro...”
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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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