About the video: Creating a Composite Image
Overview
“Here I’ll discuss applying all we have learned in this to make one composite image for you to use for your final reference. I go over the basics of working with Photoshop, using what we learned in lesson two to marry the elements together. Finally, I’ll show you how to prepare the final file for drawing.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Creating a Composite Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing. Master Pencil and Charcoal by focusing on light, shadow, and proportion to create expressive, realistic drawings.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to take the images that we took in the previous lesson and start compiling them in Photoshop to create a surrealistic composition for our new drawing. So let's jump into it. So I've already had a quick look at some of these just to select the ones that I like the most. The concept that I want to go for here is one where the figure has loads of hands kind of pulling at them. And hopefully we can incorporate the horns. We're going to see whether that works or not. A lot of the thinking through this happened during the shoot. I was moving around trying to see what I...”
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Course summary for: Specialization in Pencil & Charcoal Drawing
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Areas
Architectural Illustration, Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

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