Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style
Shading the faces
A course by Caio Yo , Illustrator
About the video: Shading the faces
Overview
“Now I'm going to start working on the finished character design. I'll also give you some tips on volumes and shading.”
In this video lesson Caio Yo addresses the topic: Shading the faces, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style. Develop your own artistic language using markers to play with volume, color, and texture.
Partial transcription of the video
“shading the faces Okay, now let's get into character. That technique I already taught, blending, it will be the basis for us to do almost everything. Create value transitions at work will make you look more three-dimensional, as if jumping from the leaf. The best use we make of bookmarks is to reinforce these gradients and transitions. I will show you two basic principles who will accompany us through the painting of the drawing. Imagine two types of surfaces. A more curved and smoother surface. And another surface that is a corner, a little more marked. Notice how the light hits them in di...”
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Course summary for: Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style
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Category
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Areas
Color Theory, Comic, Painting, Traditional illustration

Caio Yo
A course by Caio Yo
Caio Yo is a Brazilian illustrator and comic artist based in the state of São Paulo. Since starting his artistic career in 2008, he’s illustrated textbooks, children's books, and advertising pieces, all characterized by influences rooted in manga, printmaking, and classical illustration. He’s participated in collective illustration and comics exhibitions around the world, including Norway, Iran, Japan, and the United States.
He currently works creating art for video game studios, advertising agencies, and animation and character design projects, but his true passion lies in his personal illustrations.
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