Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light

Base Colors, Shadows, and Highlights

A course by RaidesArt , Illustrator

Illustrator. Leipzig, Germany.
Joined August 2021
100% positive reviews (72)
1,956 students
Audio: German
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About the video: Base Colors, Shadows, and Highlights

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn how to colorize the line art of your portrait and which brushes and settings work best for the highlights and shadows. ”

In this video lesson RaidesArt addresses the topic: Base Colors, Shadows, and Highlights, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light. Learn to illustrate striking digital portraits with a focus on lighting effects, textures, and natural details.

Partial transcription of the video

“Base colors, shadows and highlights In this lesson we will make base colors, shadows and highlights. I'll go into the color values, brushes and settings, which I use for these steps. For the base colors of our character, I first create a new layer and refer to the references. I'm going to use the eyedropper to select the skin tone from my initial sketch and trace the outlines. For this I use the ink pen with an opacity of 100%. Of course, I create the basic colors again under the lineart. I go into our reference with the eyedropper and select that skin tone. I set the opacity of the boob st...”

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Course summary for: Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (72)
  • 1956 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (1h 56m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Character Design, Digital Illustration

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Raide is an illustrator of German and Portuguese descent who has been drawing since she could hold a pencil; her biggest source of inspiration has always been her twin sister, who shares the same passion. She began posting her art online under the profile RaidesArt and gradually discovered a wealth of inspiration in the other artists she came across in the online community. Her Instagram account currently has more than 360K followers.

Raide specializes in portraits and highly expressive characters. Since graduating with a degree in comprehensive design, she has collaborated on projects for both individuals and companies, including the publishing house HarperCollins and the animated television series Simsala Grimm.


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Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light. Illustration course by RaidesArt

Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light

A course by RaidesArt
Illustrator. Leipzig, Germany.
Joined August 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (72)
  • 1,956 students