Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits
Basics: secrets to a good portrait
A course by Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) , Illustrator and Concept Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Basics: secrets to a good portrait
Overview
“Next, I will explain the two secrets to creating a captivating and credible portrait: the form and the figure.”
In this video lesson Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) addresses the topic: Basics: secrets to a good portrait, which is part of the Domestika online course: Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits. Learn to master lighting, shadowing, and coloring techniques to bring your illustrations to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basics: Secrets to a Good Portrait In this lesson I will teach you the two secrets to create a portrait in a compelling and credible way: the form and the figure. The form is our understanding in three dimensions about an object in space, its height, width and depth, how these measures relate to each other and how our brain interprets them. There are three fundamental ways in which you can simplify everything you observe, including the human body and head, These are the cube, the cylinder, and the sphere. The form is built by plans, the angle, direction and distance of these in relation to ...”
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Course summary for: Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits
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Category
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Areas
Digital Painting, Painting
Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran)
A course by Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran)
Rodrigo Rivas is a digital illustrator and conceptual artist from Peru who is dedicated to creating characters and stories through painting. He has worked as an illustrator for advertising, editorials, storyboard animation, video games, and more.
In 2019, he was part of the campaign team for the Pan American Games in Lima and was a finalist for the 2019 National Comic Contest. Currently, he is a freelance illustrator who focuses on perfecting his techniques and sharing his personal projects on social media.
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