Character Illustration with Acrylic
Drawing and shading
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Drawing and shading
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the drawing that I chose to produce my project, and you will see how I completely shade it.”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Drawing and shading, 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
“Drawing and shading In this unit we are going to start working on our final project. In my case, I chose a drawing of Captain America that I made. You can choose whichever drawing you like best. You can download a drawing online. I advise you that if you are going to use another drawing, trace it because we definitely need to work on a paper with a high weight to be able to paint with acrylic on top. This character suits me very well for this class because it is a character that has many colors in the clothes and helps me to show you what I did to create and add volumes in the different col...”
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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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