Artistic Illustration: From Drawing to Digital
Value Corrections and Colour
A course by Paul Scheruebel , Painter, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: Value Corrections and Colour
Overview
“Once our image is scanned, we are going to turn it into a well-balanced greyscale image and build up colour digitally.”
In this video lesson Paul Scheruebel addresses the topic: Value Corrections and Colour, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration: From Drawing to Digital. Experiment with illustration by creating artwork with charcoal and gouache paint then digitizing it on Photoshop to create striking images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Value Corrections and Colour Now we are going to focus on value correction and color. Correcting the values is important because the value structure is important for the overall quality of your result. Adding the color is the final step in our creative process. By then, the image will be done. So let's get right to it. Now we can start working on the piece. I have mentioned the value structure a couple of times already. What the value structure in general terms means is the distribution of lights and darks in your image. Looking at this original scan, I can see that everything is sort of gr...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration: From Drawing to Digital
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Traditional illustration

Paul Scheruebel
A course by Paul Scheruebel
After studying graphic design in university in Austria (and a brief stint as a jazz musician), Paul Scherübel began working as an editorial graphic designer for the Austrian magazine Graz. Wanting to improve his artistic abilities, he moved to London to study illustration in the University of Westminster, where he developed his eclectic and experimental style.
He has since done illustrations for magazines, theater productions, and companies like The Folio Society, Austria Microsystems, and the Swiss Engineering Institute. He has also been featured in Images: Best of British Illustration, Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
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