Visual Development: Illustrate Imaginary Settings
Painting and Lighting 4
A course by Lara Pickle , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Painting and Lighting 4
Overview
“I realise that the warm light I drew initially doesn't work out so well right now, so I will fix that. My idea is to create a contrast between the warmth of the colours that illuminate her old gear and a bluer light for the newest equipment in the back.”
In this video lesson Lara Pickle addresses the topic: Painting and Lighting 4, 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, when I look at this, I see that the light over here doesn't align with everything else, so I'll take it off and try to put it back again on top of the colours, mostly because we want the light to make sense. Right now, it doesn't make sense. I put it at the very beginning as you might remember. Sometimes, it doesn't work out when you paint the elements and that's fine. I'm even thinking that maybe it doesn't need a light. What needs a light though is this. This area is still too dark for where it is situated. Let's grab this and go a bit lighter. Let's respect t...”
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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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