Character Illustration with Acrylic
Materials
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the materials you need to paint in acrylic and that you will use throughout the course.”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Illustration with Acrylic. Learn step by step how to give volume, color, and realism to a superhero using acrylic paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials Let's talk a little bit about the materials, the basic materials for working with this acrylic technique. It’s essential to discuss the support, what we’re going to paint on. Acrylic is a material and a technique that allows us to work on different supports, but I really like working on paper, and for illustration, it’s what I use most. The paper I choose is usually 300 grams and up. Here I brought a pad of 350-gram sheets to show you, but 300 grams is enough. In this case, it’s acid-free paper, which is also very important when choosing paper. when we are going to work with a tec...”
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Course summary for: Character Illustration with Acrylic
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Character Design, Comic, Painting, Traditional illustration
Ariel Olivetti
A course by Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. His passion for drawing the human figure and creating characters led him to creating cover illustrations for the comic magazine FIERRO in the ‘90s. He is also a co-creator of the comic El Cazador. He has been working in the comic industry for over twenty five years as an artist and illustrator, collaborating on publications for Dark Horse, Valiant, Sideshow, MARVEL, DC Comics, and Upper Deck.
His first artwork for the US market was The Last Avengers story for Marvel Comics, and was followed by Daredevil and X-Men. He has collaborated on a limited edition series for DC called Space Ghost and a host of other titles, including Mystique and Sabretooth (1996), Alpha Flight (1997), and What if? (1997) for Marvel, as well as JLA: Paradise Lost (1998), Haven: The Broken City (2002), Green Lantern (2003), and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight.
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