Design Old-School Tattoos in Procreate
Background and finishes
A course by Fernando Aponte , Tattoo Artist
About the video: Background and finishes
Overview
“To end this unit, I will share some tips to improve the look of your digital illustration using backgrounds and finishes in Procreate. ”
In this video lesson Fernando Aponte addresses the topic: Background and finishes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Old-School Tattoos in Procreate. Learn to design tattoos with an old-school feel, exploring how to adapt your digital illustrations to the client's needs and chosen area of the body .
Partial transcription of the video
“Background and finishes I'll show you some tips to highlight the visual impact in your illustration. Our final project is almost finished. We have our design traced with colors and shadows, but we can have a greater visual impact adding a background and finishes. During this stage we can edit our format to a square or horizontal format if we want it. I decided to stick with this vertical format because later we will print some things under this format. Ok, let's start with the next process. In this part we already have in a folder our line, shadow and color layers. We can edit here still. I...”
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Course summary for: Design Old-School Tattoos in Procreate
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Tattoo Design

Fernando Aponte
A course by Fernando Aponte
Fernando Aponte studied visual communication and design with a major in illustration, before consolidating his professional career as a tattoo artist, which has lasted over a decade.
Although based in Mexico City, he is constantly traveling across Europe and Latin America. He is specialized in both traditional US and Japanese styles, but also enjoys experimenting and adding new elements from the rich Mexican culture to his work.
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