Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations

Light up the scene

A course by Álvaro Cardozo W , Digital Illustrator

Digital Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined November 2019
100% positive reviews (96)
1,646 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Light up the scene

Overview

“The next step in production is lighting the elements on stage. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to make sure you apply the appropriate light pattern to serve the purpose of your composition. Using the developed thumbnail as a basis, we are going to work based on the story.”

In this video lesson Álvaro Cardozo W addresses the topic: Light up the scene, 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

“Light up the scene We will illuminate your actors for the purpose you set out. Let's get started. We will continue with the lighting, But before that I just realized I forgot an important topic and it was to draw the subway, so I'll quickly draw it. It is essential to be able to cut the masks. If I select the mother, It will select part of the table for me, so I want to avoid this. I'll fix all the masks and I'll tell you how we continue. I select each one and I erase in each mask, depending on whether it affects you or not. Done, now I need to group certain elements and I will group them n...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (96)
  • 1646 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 49m)
  • 16 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Álvaro Cardozo W

Álvaro Cardozo W
A course by Álvaro Cardozo W

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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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Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations. Illustration course by Álvaro Cardozo W

Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations

A course by Álvaro Cardozo W
Digital Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined November 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (96)
  • 1,646 students