Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
Cutting the Shapes Out in Photoshop
A course by Cecilia Ruiz , Author, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer
About the video: Cutting the Shapes Out in Photoshop
Overview
“In this lesson, you will bring all of your scanned shapes and textures into Photoshop, where you will build your final image.”
In this video lesson Cecilia Ruiz addresses the topic: Cutting the Shapes Out in Photoshop , which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery. Learn to tell non-linear, visual stories by crafting compelling images that resonate with people of all ages using both analog and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Cutting the Shapes Out in Photoshop In our previous lesson, we carved out all our shapes and scanned them. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to cut out your shapes in Photoshop so that you can use them to build your image. Here we are in Photoshop. I am going to show you my layout and the dimensions of my file. Right now, I created a document that is 6 x 4 inches at 600 dpi. These are the dimensions that I was drawing at and also, the dimensions that I made my prints on. That's why my file is 6 x 4. However, I'm using 600 dpi because I intend to print this file at 12 x 8 inches. B...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Picturebooks: Create Poetic Vignette Imagery
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Category
Illustration, Writing -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Engraving, Narrative, Picturebook, Storyboard, Storytelling
Cecilia Ruiz
A course by Cecilia Ruiz
Cecilia Ruiz is a Brooklyn-based author, illustrator, and graphic designer from Mexico City. Growing up in a family of creatives meant she was encouraged to explore her artistic side from a young age. Inspired by her aunt, in particular, who was a graphic designer, she went on to study a degree in the subject before working as a graphic designer herself for a number of years. After initially working in web design, she shifted to the world of editorial design where she discovered a love of telling stories through images. Cecilia completed a diploma in illustration in Mexico City and later moved to New York to study for a master's in illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
After graduating, she published her first book with Penguin Random House, The Book of Memory Gaps. Since then, she’s written and illustrated two other books and collaborated with clients including Google, The New York Times, Atlas Obscura, and Fast Company. She and her work have also been featured by publications like Design Sponge, DART Sketchbooks, and more.
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