Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
Tonal values 2
A course by Siamés Escalante , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Tonal values 2
Overview
“I will continue to explain you how tonal values work through a positive and negative exercise.”
In this video lesson Siamés Escalante addresses the topic: Tonal values 2, 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 Since you learned about tonal values, you should also consider two elements which are the negatives and the positives. What do i mean The positives are when you draw normally, that is, from lighter to darker on white paper and the negatives is when you draw on a gray base. First you have the gray base and on that gray base you are extracting the lights with an element like eraser. I explain a little better here. Here I have some drawings, one in positive and one in negative. As I said before, the positive drawing what I did was to draw it on the white background of the...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
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Category
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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.
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