Caricature in Watercolor

Overview

“The illustrations are ready and fresh from the oven, but we are not finished yet. Many times I do not agree with the proportions of my drawing, or I need to alter some feature to gain more similarity with the character (when you work with so little margin time these things can be neglected), so, to touch up these details, I digitize it with a scanner or camera and I edit it with Photoshop. We can polish many defects by means of very simple steps.”

In this video lesson Carlos Rodríguez Casado addresses the topic: Digital retouching, which is part of the Domestika online course: Caricature in Watercolor. Learn the techniques for illustrated portraits in watercolor for editorials and press covers.

Partial transcription of the video

“Once our illustration is done, we digitize it to prepare it for printing I usually scan it, but I work at sizes larger than a scanner and I have to do the photo with a reflex camera and I always take care that the image is very clear and has a resolution to edit it in large size Although in the press they usually ask us a size like 150 pixels per inch, I recommend more for whatever reason. And I'll show you some tricks we do when we pass it to Photoshop. The last step to have our illustration ready is to retouch it and I to retouch the images I use Photoshop, you are worth any version, this...”

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Course summary for: Caricature in Watercolor

• Level: Intermediate
• 99% positive reviews (236)
• 4047 students
• 4 units
• 19 lessons (3h 46m)

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting