Visual Development: Illustrate Imaginary Settings
Painting and Lighting 2
A course by Lara Pickle , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Painting and Lighting 2
Overview
“Based on the initial bright light coming from the window, I will start colouring the elements in the room. As I do so, you will see how I create contrasts and effects with different values, hues, and saturations.”
In this video lesson Lara Pickle addresses the topic: Painting and Lighting 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Development: Illustrate Imaginary Settings. Learn the creative process behind illustrating visual environments for storytelling, from the initial idea to the final composition.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Painting and Lighting Now, columns. Let's say, we'll do them a bit darker. This side will be darker because it's facing the shade. Since these are closer to the source of light, they will be a tad darker, not much more though. All these changes are extremely subtle but they make a whole world of difference when you put them into practice. As you can see, it makes a big difference. Now we want to take this same tone and bring it a bit lighter... to draw the light a bit. Now we don't need to find a brighter colour for this, we can directly use the darkest tone of the lighter part. Then, whe...”
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Course summary for: Visual Development: Illustrate Imaginary Settings
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Concept Art, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing

Lara Pickle
A course by Lara Pickle
Larisa Bumb, better known as Lara Pickle, is a Spanish-Romanian visual development artist based in the UK. Inspired by the cartoons of her childhood, she always knew she wanted to draw for a living. Although she studied animation, she found that her passion lay elsewhere in the industry. She loves the behind-the-scenes work of developing characters and the environments they live in, as it gives her the freedom to explore her imagination and tell stories through her art.
Over the course of her career, Lara has developed designs for animated shows like Nickelodeon’s Pony, Netflix’s Dead End: Paranormal Park, Nella the Princess Knight, and Powerbirds, as well as the musical P.S. I’m a Terrible Person and the comic Kajko and Kokosz. She has also published her own graphic novel Estoy fatal, gracias.
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