Digital Shading Techniques

Creation of main elements - Part II

A course by Abraham García , Illustrator

98% positive reviews (726)

11,834 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Creation of main elements - Part II

Overview

“We continue to develop the main elements of our label, in this lesson we will add lights, leftovers and fine details.”

In this video lesson Abraham García addresses the topic: Creation of main elements - Part II, 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

“What I would like is to add more shadow In this part of the face. This part of the neck we darkened it a lot We're going to grab a little more light Let's offset this to paint it white Ok, now I'd like to add some detail to the hair Any painter when you are changing your brush You have to try it before, outside your illustration. This area of the cheek is very clean Let's add a little more shadow Like the nose I would like to add a bit of detail in the nose Let's see if we can highlight this crease under his eye Which I think is important. Sometimes you have to see the illustration from afa...”

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Course summary for: Digital Shading Techniques

Level: Intermediate
98% positive reviews (726)
11834 students
5 units
22 lessons (4h 5m)
11 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Illustration, Engraving, Traditional illustration

Abraham García

A course by Abraham García

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Illustrator

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.”