Retro Illustration: from Traditional Pencils to Digital Tools
Line art in Photoshop 3
A course by Alice Des , Illustrator
About the video: Line art in Photoshop 3
Overview
“I continue here with geometric shapes by tackling the design of the cabin wheels.”
In this video lesson Alice Des addresses the topic: Line art in Photoshop 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Retro Illustration: from Traditional Pencils to Digital Tools. Let your creativity run wild by exploring Photoshop’s tools to create a retro and colorful illustration that reflects your style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Line art in Photoshop The problem of this perfect ellipse, it's because we don't have the texture of our brush. So, I'm going to redraw this ellipse. I will trace it out and use it as a guide. I will even do several. I will duplicate and change things up a bit to be able to do the wheel. I would like to simulate the thickness. They were wooden wheels, therefore, relatively thick. And likewise, I will try to make some rays. We have the draft of the wheel, we can merge it. Same there, we keep. I gradually free myself from my sketch to see live which looks best with real shapes. If you want to...”
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Course summary for: Retro Illustration: from Traditional Pencils to Digital Tools
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Alice Des
A course by Alice Des
After working for four years as an illustrators' agent, Alice Des set herself up as an independent artist. She has worked for Clit Revolution, a web series available on France.tv Slash, and the Manuel d'Activisme Féministe, by the same authors. She collaborates with the press (L'Obs, Les Echos, Milk, Dada, Causette) and brands (Adobe, Petrossian, Nicolas, Cluizel, Arte), as well as with the Slow Galerie in Paris where her work is exhibited and sold.
As a socially involved artist, Alice likes to work for projects that make sense. Her graphic universe oscillates between retro aesthetics and modern subjects, spontaneous drawing and the will to simplify, and digital tools and traditional techniques.
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