Character Illustration with Acrylic
Watering technique and transparent glazes
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Watering technique and transparent glazes
Overview
“Now you will see how to prepare the paper and how to give the first coats of color with diluted acrylic over the entire illustration.”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Watering technique and transparent glazes, 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
“Transparent glazes Acrylic is one of the materials that allows us to work in many different ways. One of the most used ways is in watered-down form, similar to what is done with watercolor. Unlike watercolor, once this material dries, it no longer reacts with water, it becomes waterproof. This allows us to work with overlapping layers infinitely. With watercolor or tempera, which react with water, we have a limited amount of layers. I use it a lot to create the base of the illustration, where am I going to apply the basic tones with which I am going to create volume later. It also allows me...”
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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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