Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop
Influences
A course by Fernanda Suarez , Digital Illustrator and Character Designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here, I will talk to you about all the things that have influenced my art in some way or another. ”
In this video lesson Fernanda Suarez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop. Learn digital painting techniques to create detailed character portraits by exploring brushes, colors, values, and designs.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this video, I will show you a few references that have influenced my work over the years. João Ruas First, I will start with João Ruas. I am forever in awe of his work. It's like his illustrations exist in this entirely different world. They are so full of this very intense, eerie feeling. They are beautifully haunting. Some of the things that I love the most about this work are his monochromatic palettes and the use of strong female characters. For example, in this particular image, you can see how he uses an almost monochromatic palette alongside that pop of color, that st...”
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Course summary for: Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting
Fernanda Suarez
A course by Fernanda Suarez
Fernanda Suarez is an Illustrator and character designer from Santiago, Chile. After studying visual arts at the University of Chile, she discovered her passion for digital art. After graduating, she started working freelance, with her very first client being Paizo Pathfinder. She has since built a large following online, with over 257K followers on Instagram.
She currently works as a freelance illustrator, and has worked on various projects for a wide range of clients, from board games with Plaid Hat Games, like Dead of Winter or Ashes, to book covers and commissions with Bloomsbury Publishing and Simon & Schuster Inc. Her biggest passion is painting characters that tell a story, and she loves portraying fantasy, dark, emotional themes in her work.
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