Digital Painting: Improve Your Textures
The local color
A course by Misael Méndez , Illustrator
About the video: The local color
Overview
“In this lesson you will see how to add the local colors of the elements in the piece. This stage is very important, since it is ideal to apply all the knowledge you have of color theory. This is the ideal time to just think about color in its purest form without being altered by lights and shadows.”
In this video lesson Misael Méndez addresses the topic: The local color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting: Improve Your Textures. Take your digital painting skills to the next level and learn to understand and create textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will visit a couple of pages that will help us select the ideal color for our piece. Also, we will see how to add it in an orderly way. come with me Now what we are going to do is that since we discovered how our materials are organized, whether that we have this organized in a certain way, what we are going to do is add our local color, which is practically our color at a midpoint, where it has not been affected by light or shadow, for example. We are going to make a small sphere. I could be standing anywhere OK? Our local color is going to be that color that is not affec...”
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Course summary for: Digital Painting: Improve Your Textures
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting

Misael Méndez
A course by Misael Méndez
Misael Méndez is a professional illustrator with more than 7 years of experience in the animation industry. His passion for digital painting led him to develop a unique and captivating style, which combines his knowledge as a graphic designer with the magic of digital painting.
With an extensive background in conceptual art and art direction, Misael has worked on projects for renowned brands and animation studios, leaving his mark in the creation of backgrounds and settings that tell stories on their own.
Passionate about transmitting his knowledge, Misael embarks on the role of teacher to share his skills and techniques with digital art and painting enthusiasts. His experience in art direction gives him a unique perspective, which is reflected in each of his teachings. With Misael Méndez as your guide, you will discover a world full of creative possibilities and you will immerse yourself in the magic of capturing textures and materials in your digital paintings.
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