Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork

Overview

“In this lesson, I will be choosing the light source in the image and creating a shadow to add some volume, depth, and contrast to the illustration. ”

In this video lesson Tim Peacock addresses the topic: Shadows and Lighting , which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork. Learn how to build strong visual concepts and gain a comprehensive understanding of the editorial industry.

Partial transcription of the video

“Shadows and Lighting Now that our color flats are done, in this lesson we'll see shadows and lighting. The nature of my work is generally fairly flat and requires more on the linework to hold things together, but sometimes a basic drop shadow or subtle shadows can really help ground things in the space. Sometimes the lighting in an illustration can be simple and a basic drop shadow will be enough to give it some depth. But in this illustration, lighting will be a big part of the concept and shadows and lighting will be more dramatic, so we'll think about it differently and see how we approa...”

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Course summary for: Editorial Illustration: From Concept to Published Artwork

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (90)
• 2045 students
• 6 units
• 27 lessons (4h 28m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration