Digital Character Painting with Procreate
Texture and light 1
A course by Erick Hernández Anda , Illustrator
About the video: Texture and light 1
Overview
“Now, we will do enlightenment exercises. You will learn how to make cubes of different materials. Also, you will see how light should behave when interacting with different textures.”
In this video lesson Erick Hernández Anda addresses the topic: Texture and light 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Character Painting with Procreate. Illustrate characters like a pro by playing with backgrounds, lighting, texture, and color.
Partial transcription of the video
“Texture and Light Part 1 Now that we know how to use the interface, let's start our lessons. We'll see texture and light, we'll make spheres and we'll add texture to them. That will help us see how light behaves and how to add texture on different curved surfaces, which are the most used in characters. Let's do this. As you can see, Procreate did something, I didn't do this sphere freehand. Procreate guesses what shape we're drawing. We just have to draw and wait, and it will guess what we're trying to draw. To make this perfect circle, we have to put a finger on the canvas. You can change ...”
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Course summary for: Digital Character Painting with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Erick Hernández Anda
A course by Erick Hernández Anda
Erick Hernández is from Aguascalientes, Mexico and has been working as a freelance digital illustrator since 2017. He has worked with clients around the globe on projects like book cover illustrations, character illustrations for video games, animation of illustrations, and more.
He has been actively involved with video game developers, which nurtures his passion for fantasy and science fiction. His most recent work includes character illustrations for Halberd Studios.
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