Mixed Illustration Techniques for Character Design
Character color and lighting sketch
A course by Jorge Martín Giménez , Illustrator
About the video: Character color and lighting sketch
Overview
“Having prepared our line drawing, we must carefully plan a sketch of lighting, volume and color, since having a clear idea of what we want to do, we will save a lot of time in corrections and improvisations when working on the final version. This step can be done by painting on a photocopy of the drawing (With watercolor, acrylic, etc ...), but I will explain it to you with a drawing made in Photoshop, since it speeds up the process a lot. We do not have to reach a beautiful finish, it is just a sketch and a previous idea to guide us in the final drawing. Both to make a good initial drawing and a good color planning, it is important to take the maximum possible documentation, either from illustrations that inspire you, or from photographs that you can rely on to create your character in detail. ”
In this video lesson Jorge Martín Giménez addresses the topic: Character color and lighting sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mixed Illustration Techniques for Character Design. Learn to combine traditional pictorial techniques to give your illustrations a unique finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“Character layout Once we have our drawing presented online, what we must do before moving on to the original format, to the paper, It is a small test of light, color and lighting, to avoid problems when executing the final art. Voucher? It can be done in a traditional way, painting with acrylic on paper, on a photocopy or working in Photoshop, which is what I'm going to do, because in this way, it’s faster, it’s simpler and at least it works better for me. I'll show it to you. This is the drawing that I will work throughout the course and as you can see, it’s a rhinoceros beetle, that carri...”
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Course summary for: Mixed Illustration Techniques for Character Design
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Character Design, Traditional illustration
Jorge Martín Giménez
A course by Jorge Martín Giménez
Jorge Sefy is passionate about fantasy worlds and adventure stories, whether they are stories, books, movies or video games. Since childhood, he has tried to recreate something similar, drawing and painting, inspired by the work of different artists such as Alan Lee and his illustrations of The Lord of the Rings, Beatrix Potter and his fables, or the bestiaries of Tony Diterlizzi.
Currently, in his career as an illustrator, he is dedicated to work related to advertising or design, but his true vocation is editorial illustration and character design, things he develops in his work as a teacher and in different personal projects.
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