Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits
Painting the still life
A course by Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) , Illustrator and Concept Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Painting the still life
Overview
“Now, we will apply everything we have learned to elementary shapes: the cylinder, the sphere and the cube. We will study how light reacts to its shapes and what we can learn from this to apply it to the final project.”
In this video lesson Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) addresses the topic: Painting the still life, 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
“In this lesson. we'll do an exercise and study how light reacts to shapes. The first step involves analyzing the reference image to determine the origin of the light source. which is essential because it establishes the basis for all subsequent tonal values and overall illumination colors. and even the drawing of our image. In this reference image I'm using. light originates from the left side. It’s crucial to comprehend the depicted objects as three-dimensional forms. Therefore. if the more illuminated parts are on the left. we should designate these brighter areas with a value of 2. and a...”
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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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