Illustration in Photoshop: Create Striking Compositions
Creating Textures and Stains
A course by Mary Cagnin , Illustrator
About the video: Creating Textures and Stains
Overview
“Now I'm going to show you step by step my process of creating custom textures and stains using watercolor.”
In this video lesson Mary Cagnin addresses the topic: Creating Textures and Stains, 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
“Creating textures and stains In this class, I'll show you how I make watercolor stains and textures. I have always really enjoyed painting with watercolor and traditional materials. and I decided to combine my two passions, which are watercolor and digital art. I like to start by preparing my material, so i'll moisten my watercolor tablets to make it easier to remove the pigment from the tablet. The idea is to explore watercolor stains and textures, without thinking too much, then you can explore your materials, different types of brushes, and also vary in colors. As for colors, you can cho...”
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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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