Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions
Influences
A course by Mary Cagnin , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“The universe around you and everything that serves as inspiration. Now I'm going to share some of the artists that inspire and influence me.”
In this video lesson Mary Cagnin addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions. Learn to combine digital art and hand-drawn textures to create an impactful illustration that tells an original story.
Partial transcription of the video
“influences There are many artists who inspire and influence me and in this class, I'm going to show you some of them. The first one is the Toulouse-Lautrec, this artist is one of my great inspirations, both by the theme, and the artistic quality of his work. He used to portray the bohemian life and everyday life of common people. And he was also the forerunner of posterism, a movement that revolutionized graphic design. What strikes me the most in his work is the composition of the image, choice of pose and elements to compose the scene. Also, I really like your marked trait, not only in hi...”
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Course summary for: Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Design, Digital Painting, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Mary Cagnin
A course by Mary Cagnin
Mariana Cagnin studied visual arts at São Paulo State University (UNESP) and has been an illustrator and comic artist for over a decade. She has illustrated books and magazines for publishing houses including Globo, Abril, and MOL and is also the author of the Vidas Imperfeitas comics as well as the award-winning Black Silence and Bittersweet. Since 2013, she has been creating her own social media content and has a YouTube channel with over 300K subscribers to date.
She has also given in-person and online courses for a variety of Brazilian institutions, including the private nonprofit SESC and arts centers, in which she shared her own teaching methods. In 2017, she received a Globo award for best theme design (Casa & Jardim) and was invited by the Brazilian embassy to participate in the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden.
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