Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
Tonal values 1
A course by Siamés Escalante , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Tonal values 1
Overview
“To finish this unit, we will see what tonal values are and why when mastering them, your illustrations will be more interesting, striking and will have different depth planes. ”
In this video lesson Siamés Escalante addresses the topic: Tonal values 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners. Create illustrations that tell a story with a variety of graphite pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“LESSON 3 Tonal Values In this lesson I will talk about tonal values. What are tonal values? Tonal values It is what tells us how clear or how dark is some element in your illustration. Black, white and the entire range of grays between those two they are called tonal values. Because they are important? They are important because an illustration without tonal values looks flat, but one that does have them looks rich in the range of grays and it has several levels of depth. Each of your pencils offers you a scale of tonal values, that is, a very black black, a white and all the gray in betwee...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
-
Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Siamés Escalante
A course by Siamés Escalante
Adrianna “Siamés” Escalante is a Mexican illustrator born in the Yucatán province, currently living in Mexico City. Her style is inspired by Japanese culture and by the extraordinary imaginative world of children's stories. The illustrations that she creates are considered wholesome and full of life, capable of transporting the viewer to a universe of innocence, fantasy, and melancholy.
She works in editorial as well as creating commercial pieces for clients such as Penguin Random House, Vans, Izzi Telecom, and el Palacio de Hierro. Her work has been exhibited in various art galleries.
- 97% positive reviews (231)
- 3,079 students
- 16 lessons (2h 31m)
- 9 additional resources (4 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
