Vector Portrait with Manual Textures
My vision of the portrait
A course by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: My vision of the portrait
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how I face a portrait and what I look for in it. I will also show you, as an example, how other contemporary illustrators approach it. ”
In this video lesson Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo addresses the topic: My vision of the portrait, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Portrait with Manual Textures. Create unique illustrations by combining digital images with handmade textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“My vision of the portrait In this lesson we will see how I face the portrait. My approach to illustration, and specifically the illustrated portrait, It is given by my graphic designer training. That is why my general interest is the visual impact. For this I use the simplification of the shadows, the use of contrast between figure and background, the use of color, I use contrasting color planes, I use saturated colors, I usually use primary colors. I'm interested in the image being easy to read, therefore, I separate the figure from the background. I usually use flat background colors or a...”
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Course summary for: Vector Portrait with Manual Textures
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration
Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo
A course by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo
Álvaro Tapia Hidalgo is a graphic designer and illustrator from Viña del Mar, Chile with a degree in design from La Universidad de Valparaíso and another one in film from La Escuela de Cine de Chile.
He spent over a decade working on graphic-design projects as an art director while also tackling audiovisual projects as a film director and post-production specialist. In 2011, he decided to focus exclusively on illustration, combining traditional and digital techniques to achieve his own distinctive style.
His work has been featured in international publications such as The New Yorker, ESPN, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine, and he has also collaborated with top brands like adidas, PUMA, Heineken, Mahindra, Atomic, and Marc Ecko. Additionally, his work has been displayed in a number of exhibitions, galleries, and museums in countries all over the world, including the United States, Germany, England, Italy, the Netherlands, Colombia, Croatia, Argentina, Spain, and Chile.
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