Vector Illustration with a Surrealist Twist
Observe, verify and retouch
A course by Tomas Ives , Artist, Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Observe, verify and retouch
Overview
“Once our original sketch is achieved, it is time to step back to observe what we have done. Through Photoshop , we will give relevance to the central action of our composition and complete some details joining and deforming the elements.”
In this video lesson Tomas Ives addresses the topic: Observe, verify and retouch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Illustration with a Surrealist Twist. Unleash all your creativity to create illustrations full of symbolism.
Partial transcription of the video
“Observe, verify and retouch In this video I will show you how to finish the layout giving certain areas of relevance and verifying the balance of the composition. What we will do is basically pay attention to what we have done and relieve certain areas. When I say "relieve certain areas", I mean paint in a darker color or tone certain elements, characters, forms present in our composition to give a kind of visual balance. By that I mean something that allows us to see the image in a more harmonious way and identify those places that we are going to paint in black, or those that we will rese...”
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Course summary for: Vector Illustration with a Surrealist Twist
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Tomas Ives
A course by Tomas Ives
Tomás Ives is a self-taught artist born in Chile who is currently dedicated to muralism, illustration, and design of campaigns and posters for Chilean independent cinema. Throughout his career, he has specialized in design thinking processes that he applies to all his creations.
He has worked as an animator, cartoonist of graphic humor, motion graphics , art director for a television channel and even as head of the design and communications team of the Government of Chile.
During his fifteen years of experience he has been developing a signature style that makes him recognizable in his role as illustrator.
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