Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators
Color as adjective: Tone, harmony, contrast, vibration ...
A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador , Graphic designer
About the video: Color as adjective: Tone, harmony, contrast, vibration ...
Overview
“Color is a great tool to convey sensations and emotions in graphic communication. Next, we will review the properties of the color that I usually take into account when designing a palette for a project.”
In this video lesson Silvio Díaz Labrador addresses the topic: Color as adjective: Tone, harmony, contrast, vibration ..., which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators. Learn the secrets of design and create a visual campaign with illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Color Color is a key tool for graphic communication. In this lesson we will see a series of tips that will allow us to express emotions and sensations. Let's see it. Let's go over the color bases. In this first slide you see here, what we can see is, on the left, what is additive synthesis and to the right the subtractive synthesis. They are the two types of synthesis that exist in color. The additive are the light colors, they are what you see in everyday life, the ones you can see on a computer screen. The pigment colors are those that have the matter, for example, the ink used in printin...”
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Course summary for: Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators
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Category
Design, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration

Silvio Díaz Labrador
A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador
Silvio Díaz is a graphic designer and art director based in Barcelona (Spain). He specializes in off and online art direction, corporate typography, packaging and editorial design, always establishing synergies with the best professionals.
He works at Estudio Mariscal, where he has been in the team of multidisciplinary illustrator and designer Javier Mariscal for the last six years. His role in the study is to complement and shape his illustrations to turn them into pieces of graphic communication.
He has worked for clients such as Desigual, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Movistar, La Casacend, Brugal, Roca, Louis Vuitton and Camper, among others. His work has been recognized by the National Design Awards Anuaria, published in books such as Selec C of Indexbook and exhibited at Typo_mad fest.
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