Fantasy Illustration in Your Own Style

Base colors

A course by Charlötte , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

100% positive reviews (128)

3,390 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Base colors

Overview

“I will guide you to create a color base that will help you to start and optimize your work process. ”

In this video lesson Charlötte addresses the topic: Base colors, 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

“Base color With the illustration ready, it is time to add color. I do it by working a base first and then adding layered colors to it. Let's see it. We will go back to File, New and a table similar to this will appear where we will put the same data that we put in the Illustrator table. The measurement they chose, mine is 50 x 50 centimeters, Resolution, 300 is the basic for printing and in Color Mode we will stay in RGB, because we can do color effects that CMYK won't let us do. We will give OK. Once open, we must first check that the layers window is activated. If it is not, we will go to...”

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Course summary for: Fantasy Illustration in Your Own Style

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (128)
3390 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.