Digital Painting and Portraiture for Black Skin

Overview

“Drawing is one of the most fundamental parts of any job. If I had to choose between painting well or drawing well, without a doubt, I would choose to draw well, because a drawing can save any painting, but there is no painting that saves a drawing. With that in mind, in this class, I'm going to talk about African traits and anatomy. Just as we have to change the way we see and paint black skin, there are also some concepts to be taken into account when making a drawing. It is possible to distinguish a black character from a Caucasian character with a few changes in the proportions of the faces. Here is another time to celebrate differences and diversity. Just as painting a black skin using Caucasian skin painting techniques will make our skin lifeless, drawing a character with African ethnic origins without the correct proportions and without the corresponding traits will not make your character have the authenticity, the personality and the truth we seek. But since each face is different, each person is different and each rule has its exception, the best thing is to analyze references, study drawings and not just focus on these parameters. Let's embrace every nuance of each other's face. And a tip is to do the same search and be as careful when drawing people of other ethnicities as well. Each has its own character and identity. ”

In this video lesson Wilno Fakie addresses the topic: Anatomy and traits of African ethnicity, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting and Portraiture for Black Skin. Learn to depict the diversity of African features in Photoshop with the right tones and lighting for each context.

Partial transcription of the video

“Anatomy and traits of African ethnicity This course is mostly focused on black skin painting, but having a good drawing base makes it a lot easier when we go to paint. A good drawing can save any painting, but a good painting cannot save all drawings. We can see that skin tone is not the only thing that differentiates a Caucasian person from a Black person. There are certain differences in anatomy that make it possible to identify the origins of all people. The characteristics of each ethnic group allow us to look at this drawing and say which one is the Caucasian person and which one is th...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting and Portraiture for Black Skin

• Level: Beginner
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• 432 students
• 5 units
• 25 lessons (5h 21m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Drawing