Specialization in Portrait Techniques: Traditional to Digital

Overview

“In this lesson, I’m going to tell you how to properly choose a reference photo for your portrait. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Choosing a Proper Reference Picture , 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

“So now that you know the steps to help you find your own unique style, in this lesson I'm going to talk about What makes a good reference photo? So things to think about that are very obvious is just the quality of the image. Are you choosing an image that's very pixelated that you can't really zoom into to see the details? You know, that's very basic when it comes to digital photography. Another one is just thinking about What is your goal? And for our lesson here for the final project, the goal is to make a nicely rendered three-dimensional portrait. And what that means is having a good b...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 145 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