Dynamic Vector Illustration: Keys to Color and Composition
Applying Gradients, Shadows, and Highlights 2
A course by Pietari Posti / Studio Posti , Illustrator
Joined April 2020
Joined April 2020
About the video: Applying Gradients, Shadows, and Highlights 2
Overview
“Let's expand on how to create gradients and how to apply them to our artwork.”
In this video lesson Pietari Posti / Studio Posti addresses the topic: Applying Gradients, Shadows, and Highlights 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dynamic Vector Illustration: Keys to Color and Composition. Learn how to create impactful vector illustrations with balanced compositions and limited colors in Adobe Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“or reference For the gradients we could use some reference photos of the tiger. So let's go to place in our Reference Photos folder some highlights and close-ups if the tiger could be useful let's take those two So in this close up we can see. that there are some White highlights. and like around the eyes. and the mouth. Start with the nose. Let's take a pen tool. and our dark gradient. Let's select it. Then what you have to do is press G to control the gradient. So G. And then. You have to Click and drag. The direction you want to gradient to be flow. So from up till down. maybe inside of ...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Vector Illustration: Keys to Color and Composition
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Pietari Posti / Studio Posti
A course by Pietari Posti / Studio Posti
Pietari Posti is a Finnish-born illustrator based in Barcelona. After studying graphic design in Finland, he founded Studio Posti, a creative studio specializing in design and illustration.
Recognized for his use of bold shapes, sharp contrast, and expressive style, Pietari’s work in advertising, editorials, and publishing has attracted a diverse range of clients including Apple, Nespresso, Random House, Starbucks, Monocle, The New York Times, The Guardian, and more.
In 2013, Pietari won the Victor & Albert Museum Best Book Cover Illustration Award for Arthur Ransome’s Swallows & Amazons.
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