Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light
Light and Textures
A course by RaidesArt , Illustrator
About the video: Light and Textures
Overview
“This lesson is about the glow effect! For this I will show you how I add an organic sunlight pattern on the face and suggest a fabric pattern in the clothes. I will also rework individual elements. ”
In this video lesson RaidesArt addresses the topic: Light and Textures, 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
“light and textures To make our portrait look more vivid, this lesson is about the light source. With different brushes we add textures and rework individual elements. Let's start with the main light source. For an interesting light pattern, I create a new layer, whose blending mode I set to Overlay. With the ctrl key held down, I click on the content of the portrait layer. to select the content. Now we can choose a light and warm color and add strong highlights with any brush. You can refer to references so I open the references and e.g. B. look at this reference and the sketch we initially...”
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Course summary for: Digital Portraits: Draw Female Characters in Natural Light
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Character Design, Digital Illustration

RaidesArt
A course by RaidesArt
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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