Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
Factions 1
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi , Illustrator and Visual Artist
Joined July 2020
About the video: Factions 1
Overview
“The face is an important element for our illustration; However, achieving the resemblance is sometimes not so easy. In this lesson I will teach you some tricks to help you achieve that similarity and at the same time look aesthetically in line with the art nouveau style that we are working on.”
In this video lesson Celeste Vargas Hoshi addresses the topic: Factions 1, 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
“Facial Features Facial features are what define the main figure. It’s hard to make them recognizable, but I have a few tricks that will help. We already have the general skeleton of the structure of our composition. Always remember to have a frame, scrolls that will envelop the entire composition, and preferably a full-body photo of the person you want to depict. To ensure that this isn’t just any illustration but clearly represents the person we want to depict, the detail that absolutely must be there, even if we take the liberty to add a dress or clothing that the person doesn’t necessari...”
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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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