Cartoon-Style Character Portraits with Procreate
About Me
A course by Cristina Gómez (adesignerlife) , Illustrator
Joined July 2009
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you about myself and my artistic career. I will tell you why I left graphic design for illustration, my beginnings in social networks and how I improved my technique being self-taught.”
In this video lesson Cristina Gómez (adesignerlife) addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cartoon-Style Character Portraits with Procreate. Learn to create unique, stylized, and dynamic portraits using character and background references.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, welcome to my course. Now I am going to tell you a little more about myself so that you can get to know me better. I am an illustrator and content creator. I am from Barcelona, but I have been living in Madrid for more than a decade. I studied Fine Arts, but I have dedicated myself for 15 years to graphic design. I remember drawing when I was little. but growing older, I never found time for it. When I started with anxiety disorders, I found in art a good way to do therapy. Shortly after buying my iPad, I decided that I had to share my first illustrations on the internet...”
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Course summary for: Cartoon-Style Character Portraits with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting

Cristina Gómez (adesignerlife)
A course by Cristina Gómez (adesignerlife)
Cristina Gómez, illustrator and content creator, specializes in cartoon portraits, which she creates in Procreate. With all the tools available to her in a couple of clicks, she can create fantastic environments and atmospheres in no time at all, and without getting her hands dirty!
An important part of her work is collaborating with major brands in the industry such as XPPEN and Huion, with whom she has carried out challenges, competitions, and product reviews of their tablets. She has also been involved in promoting the launch of Mulan with Disney+ and has illustrated a series of children's books.
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