Imaginary Places: Draw, Paint, and Digitize on Photoshop
The Key Layering Concepts
A course by Francisco Fonseca , Illustrator and Artist
About the video: The Key Layering Concepts
Overview
“Next, I will explain how to work with layers and take full advantage of them. To illustrate this concept, I will begin by separating my image into three layers: the front layer, the ambient layer, and the sky. In this case, the divisions are clear. However, at times, the layers can be harder to define. In these situations, the artist must exploit the ambiance of the image to understand its depth. Let me explain what this means!”
In this video lesson Francisco Fonseca addresses the topic: The Key Layering Concepts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Imaginary Places: Draw, Paint, and Digitize on Photoshop. Learn to draw an imaginary place by combing analog tools like watercolors, pencils, and a sketchbook with Photoshop to add vibrant texture .
Partial transcription of the video
“The Key Layering Concepts In this lesson, we'll talk about the concept of layering. Now, we'll understand the concept of layering. When we think of layering, we can start thinking about this menu here in Photoshop. This menu of Layers can help us in a more practical way to understand this concept of layers, but in this case, when I talk about layering, I'll focus on observing our image, observing and looking at the landscape, and understanding the layers that we are seeing. This concept of layering will be applied to when we see something to help us understand where we are seeing and in con...”
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Course summary for: Imaginary Places: Draw, Paint, and Digitize on Photoshop
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Sketching
Francisco Fonseca
A course by Francisco Fonseca
Francisco Fonseca is an illustrator born and raised in Paço de Sousa, a small village in Portugal. Since he was a child, he has shown great interest in representation through drawing, being strongly influenced by the spaces that surrounded him. Still, to this day, nothing has changed. After completing his master's in drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto in 2018, he dedicated himself full time to illustration.
In addition to several solo and group exhibitions like À mão (2019) and Lugares, he founded Porta 98, and is co-founder of Garden Skate Co. Francisco also dedicates himself to the investigation of myths and legends, and he tries to give a voice to the inhabitants of his city. Through his illustrations, he aims to build a bridge between different generations to rescue a cultural heritage from oblivion, which he considers to be brimming with richness.
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