Illustration of Dreamlike Female Characters
Shadows and First Textures
A course by Valeria Hipocampo , Illustrator, muralist and tattoo artist
Joined March 2017
About the video: Shadows and First Textures
Overview
“The next step will be to apply shadows and textures to illuminate and give volume to the illustration. You will see how it is acquiring depth!”
In this video lesson Valeria Hipocampo addresses the topic: Shadows and First Textures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration of Dreamlike Female Characters. Learn to use poetic imagery as a means of expression to depict the relationship between women and nature.
Partial transcription of the video
“Shadows and first textures We will begin to apply shadows and textures to give volume and depth to the illustration. This is the part of the digitization process where to remember that, the more detail we put into lights and shadows and textures, there is more depth, because what lights and shadows give is depth and volume. Now, we don't necessarily need everything to have a lot of contrast. and lots of depth and volume. you just have to remember what gives us depth and volume in a drawing, what is the intention of that. In this case, the depth and volume bring drama, can bring focus to cer...”
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Course summary for: Illustration of Dreamlike Female Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Valeria Hipocampo
A course by Valeria Hipocampo
Valeria Hipocampo is an illustrator, muralist, tattoo artist, and art historian. She uses her work to express deep emotions through images of femininity and nature, examining the relationship between the untamed wild and human spirituality.
Her career as a female-focused illustrator took off following the publication of her book Sagradas, an illustrated anthology of female deities from around the world. During the creation process, she explored different archetypes of women and has continued to elaborate on them in other artistic projects, including her collaborations with major publishers like Kalem Kültür and Palíndroma.
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