Digital Illustration Applied to Products
Contours and shadows. Part 5
A course by Guacala Studio , Graphic Designers and Illustrators
About the video: Contours and shadows. Part 5
Overview
“Here we will begin to work in the shadows of the character of the drink, we will explain how to highlight details and see effects with the eraser to soften the strokes.”
In this video lesson Guacala Studio addresses the topic: Contours and shadows. Part 5, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration Applied to Products. Combine characters, lettering, and illustrated elements to create unique compositions from beginning to end.
Partial transcription of the video
“Contours and shadows On the shadows of our character. For this we are going to turn off all our layers, We will work with the character of the drink. And what we are going to do next is since we have all the contours in our folder, of the detail lines, the external contours And the main controls, we will work in two new layers. Let's put them in the back and our first layer is going to be the Silhouette layer. I always use the color white to define this layer, That would be like the character's background. And we will use another layer for the shadows. Now, on the outer Contours layer, let'...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration Applied to Products
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration

Guacala Studio
A course by Guacala Studio
Sebastián Sanchez and Andrés Bolaños are graphic designers and the creators of Guacala Studio. They produce both analog and digital illustrations and work making murals, modifying objects, and promoting workshops of different artistic and creative disciplines for adults and children.
They have been in the profession for over a decade and have worked for brands such as Croop, Border Skateboards, Scummy Bears, Soho Colombia, and American Socks, among others. Their specialty is the creation of fun, nineties-style characters, focusing mainly on illustration for the development of youth products for different brands in Poland, Mexico, and USA. They have also had the opportunity to show their work in Ecuador and Venezuela and have taken part in exhibitions, collaborations, and editorial projects in other countries.
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