Moody Digital Illustration with Procreate
The Lighting
A course by Jim Spendlove , Illustrator
Joined January 2022
Joined January 2022
About the video: The Lighting
Overview
“In this lesson, using the shadow layer and the rough sketch, I’ll show you how I make the light hit particular objects and how far the light would travel. Then, I'll share specific techniques I use to bring the image to life with a light source. ”
In this video lesson Jim Spendlove addresses the topic: The Lighting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Moody Digital Illustration with Procreate. Explore composition, line work, color, and overlays to create atmospheric artwork that tells a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Lighting In this lesson, I'll show you how to use the Shadow layer and the rough sketch to add highlights to the other side of the shadows that we added earlier. I'll use lighting techniques to create a bit of distance between the objects by controlling how far the light would travel, and give you little tips and techniques that I use to bring the image to life with lighting. Now you've got your Shadow layer. Hopefully, looking at your image, you can see how much depth that's added already. If I flick this off and on, you can see how much depth has been added by putting shadows in the...”
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Course summary for: Moody Digital Illustration with Procreate
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Jim Spendlove
A course by Jim Spendlove
Jim Spendlove is a UK-based freelance illustrator who specializes in cover art. As a child, he loved to draw, recreating artwork from his favorite comics, Beano and Dandy, and even having his work featured at the age of 11. He went on to study art at college, and later, fine art at university where he combined his experience with traditional techniques with digital tools. Inspired by his passion for hip-hop, Jim decided to focus on creating cover art, expanding his portfolio, and attracting commissions on Instagram.
Since then, he’s worked for Lofi Records, Chillpop Music, and a number of independent artists. He also creates loop animations for social media and YouTube and sells his work online.
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