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Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style

One-way hatching

A course by Elisa Seitzinger , Visual Artist

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Audio: Italian

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About the video: One-way hatching

Overview

“After the outline, it is time for simple one-way hatching, which echoes the xylographic effect of ancient tarot cards, to outline the volumes of the figure and decorate it.”

In this video lesson Elisa Seitzinger addresses the topic: One-way hatching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style. Learn to blend classical art aesthetics with modern digital techniques, meanwhile developing your distinctive style crafting Tarot card illustrations..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we conclude the ink drawing part. We'll do this using one-way hatching. This hatching serves a little to enrich a drawing that would otherwise remain ephemeral, delicate. Fill it in the emptiest parts by decorating with a dotted line, or by defining the volumes. I call it one-way because I almost never cross it. It will be a light hatch and always equidistant, as much as possible considering it's handmade. We could start, for example, with the sun's rays. In this case I like that the hatching looks a bit like a light beam, therefore we have a tonal trait that starts out thick...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (162)
10196 students
5 units
16 lessons (3h 5m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration

Elisa Seitzinger

A course by Elisa Seitzinger

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Visual Artist

Elisa Seitzinger is a talented visual artist and illustrator known for her unique style inspired by medieval art, Russian icons, and Byzantine mosaics. With a passion for human figures, hieratic faces, and fantastic or monstrous animals, Elisa's work has been featured in various mediums, including newspapers, magazines, clothing, textiles, posters, music albums, books, and tarot cards.

Her fascination with tarot cards and their powerful symbolic and communicative charge led her to explore the depths of traditional symbolism and develop her own visual language. Through continuous research and observation, Elisa has crafted a style that remains true to her cultural background while evolving over time.