Digital Character Painting with Procreate
Learning about color
A course by Erick Hernández Anda , Illustrator
About the video: Learning about color
Overview
“It is time to tell you about the impact that color has on how we perceive the world, and how we can use this knowledge to our advantage so that the people who see our work feel what we want to express. I will teach you how to do the coloring of the previous exercise applying what you have learned.”
In this video lesson Erick Hernández Anda addresses the topic: Learning about color, 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
“Learning About Color Now that we've added features to our cube and our sphere, let's add color. We can do it in two ways. Using a gradient map, which will allow us to have a range of colors to create our piece. The other is to do it manually, which is using Blend Modes, Overlay, Multiply, Soft Light, etc. That takes a bit longer, less automatized, but it allows us to have more control. It's good to learn both. So let's color. Let's start. First, we have to rasterize our cube. The same thing, we join everything. First, we're going to color using a gradient map. We go here to Gradient Map, La...”
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Course summary for: Digital Character Painting with Procreate
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Category
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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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