Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
Adjust the Work Canvas
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi , Illustrator and Visual Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Adjust the Work Canvas
Overview
“The classic format in art nouveau is normally vertical, clearly influenced by Japanese hanging scrolls; In addition, the illustrations were used to be used for posters or advertising. In addition, it gives it that air of elegance and sumptuousness. We will test what characteristics our canvas must meet in Photoshop to be able to work on it without problems. At the same time, I will show you how I usually arrange the windows and toolboxes of my workspace, so that you can have everything you need close at hand. Also, I will show the layer ordering system that I use as a habit to keep my file understandable no matter how large it gets. ”
In this video lesson Celeste Vargas Hoshi addresses the topic: Adjust the Work Canvas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style. Create a digital illustration in Photoshop based on a photograph, experimenting with a current and customized version of modernism.
Partial transcription of the video
“Configuring the Canvas It’s time to launch our project. In this lesson, we’ll set up our working space. Let’s get started. Now we'll finally get started on our project. To do that, we need to set up the main file where we’ll draw. We’ll use this one. If you examine art nouveau images, you’ll see that they’re usually portrait, there’s a sizeable margin between the frame and the edge. and they usually contain text. However, our illustration won’t contain text. That’s an extra that you can add if you wish, and at the end of the course, I can give you a few tips. With that in mind, let’s set up...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Celeste Vargas Hoshi
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi
Celeste Vargas is an illustrator with extensive experience in the editorial field. She has worked with renowned publishers like SM, Editorial Xilófono, and Estruendomudo, with which she published her last book Los Juguetes Perdidos de Hans Christian Andersen (The Lost Toys of Hans Christian Andersen).
She currently specializes in Art Nouveau and has introduced the style into her pieces with great mastery. The Nikkei people, feminism, and LGBTQI+ rights are all recurring themes in her work. Some of her pieces such as contemporary drawings, prints, and an art book have been exhibited in Peru, Mexico, and Japan
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