Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language
The coloring
A course by Simon Prades , Illustrator and Drawing Artist
About the video: The coloring
Overview
“In this lesson I will colorize and finish the illustration with ink. I will explain to you what I pay attention to when choosing colors and how you can use shadows to create a depth effect in the picture.”
In this video lesson Simon Prades addresses the topic: The coloring, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language. Learn to create personal illustrations with depth and contrast through line work and layers of colored ink.
Partial transcription of the video
“The coloring In the last lesson we starting from the pencil drawing, the final drawing made and everything prepared so far, that we can now start coloring. Before I start coloring I mix mine, and so you can do it too, a few colors and already have a basic idea, how the color distribution will be in the image. In that case I imagine to create a kind of lightness upwards, that it will get a little darker in the lower area, in shades of green and blue, and towards the top tends towards yellow and orange tones. Since we work very transparently at the beginning, it makes sense to precolor larger...”
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Course summary for: Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration
Simon Prades
A course by Simon Prades
Simón Prades is an illustrator and drawing artist with over a decade of experience in the publishing, literature, music, film, and gaming industries. He's always had a passion for traditional techniques, classic drawing with pencil and ink, and other analog forms of art, which he often combines with digital tools in his work.
His client list includes major publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Die Zeit, and Der Spiegel. His work has also been recognized with a Society of Illustrators and American Illustration award. When he's not creating for his clients, he devotes his time to personal projects where he can explore new ideas and techniques.
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