Techniques applied to watercolour illustration
Final file preparation
A course by Ana Victoria Calderon , Painter and Illustrator
Joined August 2016
About the video: Final file preparation
Overview
“You already have your watercolor clean and retouched. Now we are going to prepare our digital file for printing and reproduction.”
In this video lesson Ana Victoria Calderon addresses the topic: Final file preparation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Techniques applied to watercolour illustration. Learn to digitize your illustrations, commercialize them, and apply them to design projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“LESSON 3 Preparing the final file We finished cleaning and editing our image, now we’ll open our final file in Photoshop. To the right of the screen you can see I have my clean file I have my clean illustration, I have a transparent background, which we just did. We separated the lettering and the border, separated this from here, Initials. On the left I have a file I just opened, I just made with the official size I want to use. You can do the file in the size you want, depending on the project, but I chose to do this invitation, eight by ten inches in size. This is a letter size, a standa...”
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Course summary for: Techniques applied to watercolour illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Ana Victoria Calderon
A course by Ana Victoria Calderon
Ana Victoria Calderón is originally from Cancún, Mexico, which is why much of her work is closely related to nature and full of organic elements and symbolism.
She graduated in information design from the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP), while also working towards her degree in visual arts.
It’s easy to spot her illustrations on prints, bags, notebooks, ceramics, kitchenware, greeting cards, book covers, and a wide range of different products. She licenses her art to companies such as Hallmark, Papyrus, Trader Joe's, and more and has collaborated with Vanity Fair, Elle, Editorial Santillana, Travesías, Ray Ban, and Dr. Bronner's.
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