Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors

Line weights

A course by Profe , Designer and Illustrator

Designer and Illustrator. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined August 2015
98% positive reviews (50)
952 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Line weights

Overview

“This lesson will be short but very important. You will learn what are the qualities of line that work in your illustration and how to combine them. ”

In this video lesson Profe addresses the topic: Line weights, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors. Learn to maximize the potential of your projects by transforming your drafts into professional vector illustrations.

Partial transcription of the video

“line weights In this lesson I will teach you how to use line weights. These thicknesses are important in illustrations because a lot will depend on them how unified the illustration can be seen. Let's see some examples of some artists I admire. In the examples we will see that the artists manage line weights. Some may be thicker, others thinner, but they don't vary much. Even the thinnest lines they handle use them inside elements that are not important in the illustration or that function as details. For example, in Alderete's illustrations, who is an artist well known for using very thick...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (50)
  • 952 students
  • 4 units
  • 14 lessons (2h 8m)
  • 10 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

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Alfredo Rios, better known as El Profe, is a designer and illustrator with more than ten years' experience. He has participated in a variety of illustration projects in varying degrees of complexity, from geometric illustrations with basic figures, to more complex composition and graphic illustrations.

He is currently an illustrator at Pictoline, where he has learned how to produce complete, high-quality illustrations in very little time. This process has taught him how to optimize basic tools while always pursuing the best results.

In 2020, he teamed up with Maga Rey and cofounded "Wild Fontana," a brand where they experiment with illustration and its application on textiles to create decorative pieces for the home.


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Professional Illustration Techniques: From Sketches to Vectors

A course by Profe
Designer and Illustrator. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined August 2015
  • 98% positive reviews (50)
  • 952 students