Vector Portrait with Manual Textures
Finish
A course by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Finish
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how you can give a professional finish to your illustration. Through a few elements you can give character and life to your piece.”
In this video lesson Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo addresses the topic: Finish, 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
“Finish In this video we will give the final details To finish our illustration. Now I will show you some resources to give a final finish to the illustration. So for that I will open a folder where I have my textures, and in some I scanned some stained papers, worn out papers, old ones, of different weights and textures. This is like cardboard, papers stained with moisture. Then this will help me to ... For example, let's use this one that is wet. I open it, select everything, copy. Multiply, in Broadcast Mode multiply. What I do here is to unify the whole illustration with a film of the sa...”
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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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