Traditional Techniques for Digital Illustration
Course final project
A course by Débora Islas , Designer and Illustrator
About the final project for: Traditional Techniques for Digital Illustration
Traditional Techniques for Digital Illustration
“Thank you so much for taking this journey of creativity and learning! I hope you found inspiration and knowledge to apply to your work. I've come up with a list of essential steps I'd like to see in your project: 1. Choosing your theme and mounting your own image bank. 2. The planning of your drawing through a collage with all the elements that will be part of it. 3. Creation of pencil illustration based on photographic references. 4. Digital painting in Photoshop maintaining the analog language. 5. Assembling a mock-up scenario to publicize your project. This is my project presentation. Now I'm looking forward to seeing your idea and your creative process. Choice of theme










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“Final project Thank you for accompanying me here. You have reached the end of this course, but I hope you keep practicing the content of the classes and take the opportunity to share your processes in the Forum. I will love the opportunity to see its evolution. By the way, don't be afraid to show what you consider unfinished. Illustration is no different than any other skill. It can be purchased, but for that, you have to put it into practice. Also take the opportunity to try different themes. Don't get stuck reproducing just one portrait, like the example I created. There are a multitude o...”
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Course summary for: Traditional Techniques for Digital Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing

Débora Islas
A course by Débora Islas
Débora Islas is a designer and illustrator from Brazil. Her work, the fruit of constant experimentation, combines traditional and digital techniques to depict female power, nature, and animals.
She worked for more than ten years at a publishing house for books and magazines before dedicating herself full-time to her childhood passion of illustration. Since then, she has collaborated with both national and international brands including Disney, O Boticário, and Nestlé, to name just a few.
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