Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

Overview

“Next, I will introduce the perspective technique of foreshortening. You will see how I create depth—as if the 2D drawing is receding into space— by dropping the values. For this stage, I will focus on the two masses below and above the face. The next phase will be to get started with the light, which I call the "complexion value". ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Tonal Information 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital. Master portrait techniques from graphite to digital, creating expressive, professional artworks across various media styles.

Partial transcription of the video

“That goes deeper. You see that? it still keeps itself Well, separated from what's happening up in through here. I may darken this down even further And if I do, then I can probably afford to darken this as well. and that will push everything farther away from the lights. and help me get a more rich value sense in the lights later on. So I'm likely to jump back and forth now between THIS MASS HERE and the one that sits up in this region. So that value right there, positions top of her head, to go back in space. in an example of what we call foreshortening, And this does as well. I'll put som...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

• Level: Beginner
• 143 students
• 6 units
• 83 lessons (16h 8m)
• 17 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Artistic Drawing, Digital Illustration, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Typography, Watercolor Painting