Atmospheric Painting in Procreate: From Concept to Color
Telling a Story with Color 1
A course by Deb JJ Lee , Illustrator
About the video: Telling a Story with Color 1
Overview
“As you know, color is an essential tool in communicating narratives. Here I will teach you the essential color theory about hue, saturation, and brightness. You will learn how to apply this knowledge in order to create suitable color palettes for effective storytelling. ”
In this video lesson Deb JJ Lee addresses the topic: Telling a Story with Color 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Atmospheric Painting in Procreate: From Concept to Color. Learn to follow your artistic intuition to create atmospheric illustrations by experimenting with concepts, color, and composition.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Telling a Story with Color Previously, you detailed your sketch. In this lesson, we'll learn how to use colors. Hue, Saturation, Brightness We'll go over the central color theory about hue, saturation, and brightness, learn the rules for effective color palettes, and see how we can throw them down to effectively tell a story for your final project. If you are not new to color theory, this could be a good review, but if you are, this is a good way to get started and be familiar with how to effectively use your colors. We'll start with three different terms, hue, saturation, and brightness....”
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Course summary for: Atmospheric Painting in Procreate: From Concept to Color
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration

Deb JJ Lee
A course by Deb JJ Lee
Deborah Lee is a Korean illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. During the last year of their design degree at Carnegie Mellon University, they realized that drawing was their true passion and spent the years after graduating developing their portfolio while working as a UX designer in Silicon Valley. In 2020, Deb made the leap to a full-time freelancing career. As a self-taught illustrator, they rely on both technique and intuition to create art with a strong emotional charge.
Deb has collaborated with brands such as Google, Facebook, Lyft, LinkedIn, and Procreate, as well as media outlets like New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and PBS. In the editorial field, they have illustrated for publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon and Schuster. They also wrote their own graphic memoir, IN LIMBO, and has been awarded for their work by the Society of Illustrators and Adobe.
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