Geometric Illustration for Social Media: Make Your Vectors Pop
Lights and Shadows
A course by Jorsh Peña , Illustrator
About the video: Lights and Shadows
Overview
“I will teach you how to use lighting in your shapes. By adding lights and shadows you can create new effects and add different sensations. Also, you will learn how to determine a point of illumination and how to apply it to a shape. ”
In this video lesson Jorsh Peña addresses the topic: Lights and Shadows, which is part of the Domestika online course: Geometric Illustration for Social Media: Make Your Vectors Pop. Create unique and fun graphics using simple geometric shapes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lights and Shadows In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to define a lighting point and this feeling of light and shadow gives a better effect in our work. First, we're gonna define our light source. This imaginary point will let us know where the light comes from, if it is from above, from the sides or from behind. This will help us give a different sensation to our design. In the first example, we have this cube. We can only see two sides from this cube. One of the sides is exposed to the light. This imaginary point is represented by this little sun. The first side, which is the one e...”
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Course summary for: Geometric Illustration for Social Media: Make Your Vectors Pop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Social Media Design, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Jorsh Peña
A course by Jorsh Peña
Jorsh Peña is a Mexican illustrator who currently lives in Tijuana (Mexico). He specializes in vectors and is a great fan of geometry and the different meanings that can be given to a shape. Through vectors, he manages to transmit these messages and create a personal aesthetic that identifies his work.
He has been illustrating for different projects and brands for more than 10 years, from editorial to motion graphics. Some of the brands he has worked or collaborated with are Alaska Airlines, Cartoon Network, Kindergarten, Grupo Expansión, Old Navy, Samsung, and Snapchat, among others.
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