Fantasy Illustration in Your Own Style

How to make stains and textures

A course by Charlötte , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

100% positive reviews (128)

3,391 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: How to make stains and textures

Overview

“In this lesson, you are going to start the foundation for creating your digital brushes. You will also learn how to create stains and textures with watercolor and other materials.”

In this video lesson Charlötte addresses the topic: How to make stains and textures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantasy Illustration in Your Own Style. Discover new techniques to create atmospheres that communicate emotions and experiment until you find your signature style.

Partial transcription of the video

“How to make stains and textures In this lesson, we will create the basis for digital brushes. We will play with watercolor stains and textures and other materials. We will visually divide our space. We will create several spots, then take advantage of your entire sheet. We will start with a watercolor stain. I will wet my brush first. Then I'll take some watercolor. The color you want. I will apply it. Your spots shouldn't be perfect. Then do not worry. It's that simple we can create a simple stain. We will wet our brush again and we will moisten our paper a little. Now we will take a littl...”

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Course summary for: Fantasy Illustration in Your Own Style

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (128)
3391 students
5 units
18 lessons (3h 2m)
6 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Charlötte

A course by Charlötte

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Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Karla Hernández, better known as Charlötte, is a Mexican graphic designer and illustrator with experience in branding. One of her biggest passions is designing brand identities, a process where she can experiment with different illustration techniques and styles based on the client's needs.

Through her work, she has also developed a signature illustration style that combines hand painting with watercolors and digital tools. Her main sources of inspiration are the female figure, colors, and the organic lines found in nature. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with big-name brands including Shake Shack, Nespresso, Glenmorangie, Halls, adidas, Warner Brothers, DC, and Marc Jacobs.