How to Create Fine Line Vector Portraits
The Finishing Details
A course by Matt Curtis , Illustrator
About the video: The Finishing Details
Overview
“To finalize the image, we'll see how to add details, highlights, and shadows. I'll discuss important drawing tips that I've learned over my career and teach you specific inking techniques that I use to draw different features.”
In this video lesson Matt Curtis addresses the topic: The Finishing Details, which is part of the Domestika online course: How to Create Fine Line Vector Portraits. Learn how to create stunning fine line art portraits by using various inking techniques to make your artwork stand out..
Partial transcription of the video
“In the last lesson, we finished up the inking process. In this lesson, we're going to finalize all our details and finish everything up. So in our last lesson, we established our contour line drawing, which gives some structure to this drawing. And now that we have that done, we're going to get started building up the details. So as you can see here, we have the line drawing presented on the radial background. And I've also added an under layer of white, which I can toggle on and off. So right now it's at about 50%. Let's bring it up to here just so you can see. But for the sake of getting ...”
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Course summary for: How to Create Fine Line Vector Portraits
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Fresco -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration

Matt Curtis
A course by Matt Curtis
Meet Matt Curtis, a talented freelance illustrator renowned for his captivating scratchboard style of illustration. With a passion for communicating thoughts, concepts, and emotions through drawing, Matt's work can be found on a wide array of products, including sportswear, toy packaging, magazine covers, and band T-shirts. His high-contrast portraits, combining hand-drawn stylus sketching with bold vector graphics, resonate with a sense of depth and emotion, making each illustration a true work of art.
Driven by a desire to express the way he sees the world, Matt Curtis developed his signature scratchboard style, a unique blend of inking techniques that allows him to compose highly detailed illustrations. As your mentor in this transformative course, Matt will share his expertise, empowering you to master vector inking techniques and create your own captivating fine-line art portraits with Adobe Fresco. Join Matt Curtis on this inspiring artistic journey and unlock the potential of digital illustration with his captivating teaching style and artistic mastery.
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