Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop
The Fundamentals of Design: An Overview
A course by Dominic Bodden , Illustrator
About the video: The Fundamentals of Design: An Overview
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you some elementary design principles about color, line, and tone. Understanding these principles can help you create dynamic illustrations.”
In this video lesson Dominic Bodden addresses the topic: The Fundamentals of Design: An Overview, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop. Explore the art of storytelling by combining traditional and digital illustration techniques to create compelling portraits of people in a meaningful environment.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Fundamentals of Design: An Overview In the previous lesson, we spoke about strategies for finding visual research for yourself. In this lesson, let's talk about an overview of art fundamentals. Let's dive in. Overview of Fundamentals We'll talk about the elements or ingredients of design. Understanding these fundamental principles will help any artist understand how to create dynamic illustrations. Let's jump in. The first principle we'll discuss is value. Value describes the relationship between lights and darks. If we look at this value scale, we'll notice that up top, we have a pur...”
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Course summary for: Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Collage, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Dominic Bodden
A course by Dominic Bodden
Dominic Bodden is an award-winning illustrator and animator based in New York City. His signature illustration style is a blend of traditional and digital image-making techniques that incorporate pastel and paper collage. Before his illustration career, he worked in fashion as a stylist and costume designer. He credits this experience for refining his eye for color, patterns, and textures, which allows him to create dynamic illustrations with an emotional impact.
Dominic is a recipient of the Silver Cube Award from the Art Directors Club, a Bronze Award from the 3x3 Illustration annual, and he is a New Talent Award Winner of the World Illustration Awards 2021. His work has been recognized by American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and Communication Arts.
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