Procreate: Creative Illustration Techniques
The importance of a good referral
A course by Vero Navarro , Illustrator
About the video: The importance of a good referral
Overview
“Going from an idea to a drawing on paper (or tablet) can be challenging, especially if your style tends toward realism. So we are going to see how to create (or find) reference images to help us and see various methods to work with them creatively. The key to the lesson is that we use these images to help illustrate, but always avoiding that they "eat" or impose on our creativity. ”
In this video lesson Vero Navarro addresses the topic: The importance of a good referral, which is part of the Domestika online course: Procreate: Creative Illustration Techniques. Learn to use the tools of the app and an iPad to bring your illustrations to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“The importance of a good reference image I'd like to start by explaining that the use of references for your illustrations is not cheating. If your style is realistic or naturalistic, like mine, you will see that using reference images can help you a lot in solving problems and, above all, to ensure that the proportions of your human figures are correct, or that you are not drawing an animal that is not really the way that animal should be. If you think about it, everyone does it, even classical painters. If you remember, they used models for their paintings. That is a form of reference ima...”
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Course summary for: Procreate: Creative Illustration Techniques
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Vero Navarro
A course by Vero Navarro
Vero Navarro is an interdisciplinary illustrator from La Mancha, Spain who now lives in Valencia. In her early days, she illustrated manually until she tried Procreate and made an almost immediate jump towards digital formats. She started experimenting with other styles, from comics to Sumi-e watercolor to hyperrealism.
She has been working as a freelancer for more than ten years, making book covers for Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Albert Espinosa, and Aránzazu Serrano. Also, she has done projects for Formula 1 teams, independent film festivals, and private commissions.
In addition, she has collaborated with publishing houses such as Penguin Random House, Grijalbo, Alfaguara, Montena, RBA, Triskel, Green Bean Books, and more.
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