Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits
The mood board
A course by Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) , Illustrator and Concept Artist
Joined July 2020
About the video: The mood board
Overview
“In this video, I will teach you how to create the mood board and you will learn the criteria for choosing a good reference image for a portrait.”
In this video lesson Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) addresses the topic: The mood board, 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
“The mood board In this lesson we will create the mood board and teach you the criteria to choose good references. Let's create the mood board. I will use the PureRef program which is very simple and comfortable to use. In the download link there is a tutorial on how to learn how to use it, will be available in additional resources. You can also use a Pinterest board, if it is more comfortable for you or use your reference images in additional layers in Photoshop. However, the PureRef program I find it a very comfortable and easy-to-use solution, because it allows me to be flexible with the ...”
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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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