Character Illustration with Acrylic
Light and shadow 2
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Light and shadow 2
Overview
“During this second part of the lesson, I will show you how to apply lights and shadows to a section of the character. Besides, I will explain in detail everything you must take into account for this to look incredible.”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Light and shadow 2, 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
“Light and shadow Here I already have the base in blue, in order to be more detailed in the explanation, with two different light sources on the same face. As I said before, we always have to work from from the simplest to the most complex. For the head, I like to start with a sphere. Maybe I can add, as if it were some sort of medium cylinder, another cylinder that would be the neck. Based on this, I am going to make my sketch for what will turn out to be the head. For example, let's repeat and review again. What would happen on the sphere if I had a light source like the one we saw before?...”
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Course summary for: Character Illustration with Acrylic
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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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