Character Exploration for Expressive Illustration
Texturing in Adobe Photoshop
A course by Tania Yakunova , Illustrator
About the video: Texturing in Adobe Photoshop
Overview
“In this lesson, I will import my vector illustration into Adobe Photoshop and show you how to add textures, shadows, and other nice details to create greater depth.”
In this video lesson Tania Yakunova addresses the topic: Texturing in Adobe Photoshop, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Exploration for Expressive Illustration. Learn how to draw characters with personality by exploring shapes, movement, proportions, and scale to amplify their expressiveness.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Texturing in Adobe Photoshop In this lesson, I'll show you how to add textures and nice details to your illustration in Adobe Photoshop. Let's create a new document. We will use the same setting as Adobe Illustrator. I'll name my file. Now I need to import the vector graphics to Photoshop from Illustrator. I like to have my graphics as Smart Objects. I'll show you why in a minute. To import my vectors as Smart Objects, I can simply copy them from Illustrator and paste them into Photoshop, like so. I can tap Cmd + C, go to Photoshop, and press Cmd + V. Here I have options. I can paste them...”
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Course summary for: Character Exploration for Expressive Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Tania Yakunova
A course by Tania Yakunova
Tania Yakunova is an illustrator from Kyiv. As a child, she was always interested in drawing, inspired by her grandfather who was a professional artist. She began studying at art school at the age of 7, and after graduating from university, began working as a copywriter. Tania later went back to school to study design and discovered a love for illustration in particular, which she put into practice working in a motion design studio alongside freelance projects in everything from editorial illustration to packaging design.
Since then, she’s become a full-time freelancer and has exhibited her work in galleries in France, the US, Germany, Italy, and the UK. Tania has worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Google, Upwork, Penguin Random House, Amazon, Visa Gold, Yves Rocher, and Facebook. She also runs her own poster shop.
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