Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations
Preparing your set
A course by Álvaro Cardozo W , Digital Illustrator
About the video: Preparing your set
Overview
“Preparing your space and mastering your tools is essential. In this lesson I will teach you how I prepare my workspace and how I arrange my tools to suit my work style and not that it is the tools that determine how I can work.”
In this video lesson Álvaro Cardozo W addresses the topic: Preparing your set, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations. Learn how to create digital illustrations applying concepts and tools from the film industry.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing your set In this lesson I will teach you how to prepare your set. It is essential to master your tool and not that your tool determines how you will work. So, we will open Photoshop. My preferred tool is Photoshop, the reason is because it was the first digital tool that I learned to drive on a good scale. I have used Corel, I have used Illustrator, I have even used Paint, Clip Studio, Procreate, all, but this is the main and the first thing I like to do when opening the program is to clean the interface, because it has too many items that I won't use. I'll leave this one over her...”
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Course summary for: Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Narrative, Traditional illustration
Álvaro Cardozo W
A course by Álvaro Cardozo W
Álvaro Cardozo is an illustrator from Bogotá, Colombia who invested his time and effort into becoming a digital illustrator, despite initially studying graphic design. After successfully carrying out his first illustration project at university, he was contracted by an animation studio to join their production team, designing scenes, characters, props, and storyboards, until he was eventually promoted to an Art Director position.
He began his freelance career in 2014. Since then, he has worked with advertising agencies, production studios, video game studios, and authors on a range of international projects. His client portfolio includes video game and animation studios like Skew Studio in the UK, Oruga Touching Dreams, and Autobotika, as well as editorial work for Penguin Random House and independent writers. All of his work can be found on his website.
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