Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop
Developing Your Image into a Series
A course by Dominic Bodden , Illustrator
About the video: Developing Your Image into a Series
Overview
“The artwork is done! Here I will discuss how to expand the portrait into a series of illustrations with a strong narrative.”
In this video lesson Dominic Bodden addresses the topic: Developing Your Image into a Series, 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
“ Developing Your Image Into a Series In our previous lesson, we moved our illustration into the digital realm and we made edits in Photoshop to enhance the overall composition. In this lesson, I'll talk to you about how to take that one illustration and expand it into a series. As an example, I will show you a series I worked on that I'm very proud of. This is a series about Westlake, the place I used to live in Los Angeles. I was curious about this environment. I wanted to do a portrait of an individual that I met at a "carnicería." He was a market butcher. By interviewing him, I created ...”
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Course summary for: Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
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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