Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits
The sketch
A course by Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) , Illustrator and Concept Artist
Joined July 2020
Learn to master lighting, shadowing, and coloring techniques to bring your illustrations to life
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 97% positive reviews (142)
- 3211 students
About the video: The sketch
Overview
“You will learn to make the base drawing to paint your proposal and some basic concepts to make a correct drawing of the face.”
In this video lesson Rodrigo Rivas (Ruiveran) addresses the topic: The sketch, 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 sketch In this lesson we will see how to make the base drawing to paint your proposal and some basic concepts for the correct drawing of the face. Now that we will start with the sketch, let's remember that the most important is to keep the proportions and think about the shape of the head reducing it to simple shapes. Let's estimate the width, inclination and height of the head according to the references. The more we do this observation process, we will become more precise and exact with this technique. Let's think of the head as a cube, not as a circle or a sphere, but as a six-sided...”
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Course summary for: Principles of Digital Painting for Portraits
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Digital Painting, Painting
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.
- 97% positive reviews (142)
- 3211 students
- 15 lessons (2h 35m)
- 26 additional resources (12 files)
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- Audio: Spanish
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- Level: Beginner
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