Character-Driven Illustration: Drawing from Imagination
Adding Textures 1
A course by Marcos Chin , Illustrator
About the video: Adding Textures 1
Overview
“Finally, you will add texture to your final drawing.”
In this video lesson Marcos Chin addresses the topic: Adding Textures 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character-Driven Illustration: Drawing from Imagination. Learn how to transform simple shapes into engaging narrative illustrations featuring characters full of color and personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Adding Textures In this lesson, we'll take it to the final stage where I'll start adding textures to bring this image to life. What I've done is I've uploaded it to my iPad. I gathered some textures manually. These textures that are on my screen are all hand done. This is done with paints and a roll. I'll grab that, copy and paste it. Then I'll go back into the gallery again and grab some other handmade textures. This one is done using watercolor and a brush, a wet-on-wet technique. I'll explain more why I'm incorporating these textures into this image. Again, select all and copy. I did e...”
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Course summary for: Character-Driven Illustration: Drawing from Imagination
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Traditional illustration

Marcos Chin
A course by Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared on surface and wall designs, on book and CD covers, advertisements, fashion catalogs, and magazines. He has worked with companies such as MTA Arts for Transit, Neiman Marcus, Fiat, Budweiser, Time, Rolling Stone Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times.
Marcos has given lectures and workshops throughout the US and abroad. He currently lives in New York, where he teaches Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
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