Illustrated Portraits: Adobe Fresco for Beginners
Let's start with the color selection
A course by Carina Lindmeier , Digital Illustrator and Artist
About the video: Let's start with the color selection
Overview
“After we've done the basic coloring of our composition, let's think about light and shadow. To do this, I put a clipping mask over the respective element and work in the same color space, but define things with different opacity and brightness.”
In this video lesson Carina Lindmeier addresses the topic: Let's start with the color selection, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Portraits: Adobe Fresco for Beginners. Create a digital portrait with floral elements using references on topics such as female empowerment, positivity, and relationships.
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's start with the color selection Let's move on to the basic colors for your illustration. We already thought about our color palette in advance, which we then want to use and already measured some colors with Capture, which can then be found directly in your library in Fresko. I will now show you very briefly how you work with the color tool and where to find it. There is either the possibility to choose a color in the color wheel right here in the color selection or enter the RGB value here at the RGB controller or to switch to HSP. We're using RGB here again. And we also loaded our co...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Portraits: Adobe Fresco for Beginners
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Digital Illustration

Carina Lindmeier
A course by Carina Lindmeier
Carina Lindmeier is an Austrian artist who fell in love with drawing at an early age. After several years working as a communication and graphic designer, she started sharing her work online and it wasn't long before she was receiving job requests. Through these projects, she began defining herself as a digital illustrator and gradually developed her signature style.
Carina's illustrations stand out for their varied textures, patterns, and colors, which give them a hand-drawn appearance, and depict concepts such as female empowerment, positivity, relationships, health, and well-being. The artists she draws on for inspiration in her work include Olaf Hajek, Kelly Anna, and Frida Kahlo. Throughout her career, Carina has collaborated with major brands like Bombay Sapphire, Adobe, Refinery29, and more.
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