Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character
Designing a Colour Palette 1
A course by Owen Davey , Illustrator
About the video: Designing a Colour Palette 1
Overview
“In this lesson, we will start to design our colour palette. When working with colour digitally, there are a few things we need to be aware of. Computer monitors use the colour setting RGB (Red, Green, Blue) which means that all your colours are built using variations of those colours. ”
In this video lesson Owen Davey addresses the topic: Designing a Colour Palette 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character. Create stunning digital illustrations with geometric shapes and curated color palettes.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will start to design our color palette. So there are a few things that you need to be aware of when you're designing digitally. One of the most important ones is the fact that computer monitors use RGB, which is red, green and blue, to create all of the images. When you print something, it's done with CMYK, which is cyan, yellow, magenta and black. And yes, for some reason, Black is K. I don't know why. These are the colors that the printer uses to recreate your work as accurately as possible. But when you're working with RGB and CMYK, because they use different colors to...”
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Course summary for: Stylized Vector Illustration with Color and Character
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Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Owen Davey
A course by Owen Davey
Owen Davey is an award-winning illustrator from the UK. He has been a professional freelance illustrator since 2009 and has had the pleasure of working with renowned international clients like Google, Facebook, Sony, Lego, and National Geographic.
He is the lead illustrator for the multi-award winning app Two Dots and has produced several picture books over the years, most notably the non-fiction ‘About’ series with Flying Eye Books, which began with “Mad About Monkeys” in 2015. Other notable clients include Airbnb, The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC, GQ, British Airways, Virgin, Orange, Guinness, Microsoft, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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