Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
Lights and Shadows 1
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Lights and Shadows 1
Overview
“Light and shadow will be your best allies to give the illustration an atmosphere. I'll show you how to apply it depending on the situation you want to replicate, and how you can create light and shadow with different layer modes. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: Lights and Shadows 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters. Learn how to use digital tools to bring your own detailed and expressive manga heroes to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Light and Shadow In this lesson, I’ll teach you to identify sources of light and shadow and how to apply them to your illustration. I have my illustration ready here with the line art defined and the base colors applied. While I did add some detail on some characters and items, I still need to apply the most fun part, which are the lights and shadows with different blending modes. But before that, I want to teach you some very important concepts to keep in mind and with which you should begin to familiarize yourself to make it easier for you to apply light and shadow. For this, I want to sh...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Digital Illustration, Manga, Traditional illustration
Catalina Carlesi
A course by Catalina Carlesi
Catalina Carlesi, better known as Alpaca, is a Chilean cartoonist and digital illustrator specializing in manga characters. She began her career as a graphic designer, but soon decided to pursue her dream and devote herself full time to illustration.
She's always been a huge fan of manga, anime, and video games, especially JRPGs, as well as Japanese culture in general, which have heavily influenced the style and content of her drawings. She loves creating original characters and weaving their stories into her illustrations through the use of light and shadows, colors, and expressive details.
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