Digital Shading Techniques
Photoshop Sketching - Part I
A course by Abraham García , Illustrator
About the video: Photoshop Sketching - Part I
Overview
“In this lesson we will begin to work on our design. I will show you how my sketching process is and why I prefer to do it directly in Photoshop instead of the traditional way.”
In this video lesson Abraham García addresses the topic: Photoshop Sketching - 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
“Personally. i truly appreciate sketching in Photoshop since it offers greater flexibility and allows for easy corrections like redrawing. erasing. adding new elements. or removing unwanted parts. It doesn't matter; here you are free to experiment extensively. This phase allows for any kind of and innovation without restrictions. Personally. i find this to be the most exciting part. This time. we'll create two or three sketches. experimenting with composition. Ultimately. we'll focus just one. I'd like to quickly draft a few sketches. We won't get too absorbed in the sketch itself. as it's p...”
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Course summary for: Digital Shading Techniques
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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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