Introduction to Oil Paint Illustration
Cover ready for printing
A course by David de las Heras , Plastic Artist and Illustrator
Joined May 2017
About the video: Cover ready for printing
Overview
“Finally, in this lesson, I will write the cover and leave it ready to print.”
In this video lesson David de las Heras addresses the topic: Cover ready for printing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Oil Paint Illustration. Create a book cover using pictorial techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] Well now we have the illustration ready. So now how do we want to print it? What we have to do is layout it. Go for it. [Music] I have here in photoshop the image already cleaned and retouched and part of the painting we painted scanned but only the part that interests us. So, well, as you saw the previous sketch what interests me is to place the title here and the author a bit like erasing part of the white spot and so somehow the title appears, right? Okay, so first of all would be to move this part of the painting what is the clean cover what we have here. Let's make it fit in th...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Oil Paint Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting, Traditional illustration

David de las Heras
A course by David de las Heras
David de las Heras completed his studies at the Universidad del País Vasco, specializing in the field of painting. With his characteristic style, he collaborates with national and international publications and has created the covers for books such as Kalimán en Jericó by Àngel Burgas, Rayos by Miqui Otero, and Instrumental by James Rhodes.
His pictorial work has always tried to find interest in moments of conflicet related to the home and the feeling of belonging. Through his illustrations, he establishes a dialogue with the viewer and helps them understand the world around them. His work has been exhibited in countries such as Spain, Germany, and Portugal, as well as in collective exhibitions at La Casa Encendida and at the Matadero in Madrid.
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