Digital Illustration with Volume and Texture
Drawing, figure and composition tips
A course by Sergio Edwards , Illustrator
About the video: Drawing, figure and composition tips
Overview
“In this lesson I want to tell you a little about what considerations to have when dealing with an illustration of a human figure.”
In this video lesson Sergio Edwards addresses the topic: Drawing, figure and composition tips, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration with Volume and Texture. Learn how to give a 3D look to your illustrations with light, shadow, and color techniques using Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawing, figure and composition tips In this lesson I will give you advice so you can make your sketch in a good way. In this lesson I want to tell you a little about what considerations to have when facing a drawing project starting with the element that for me is the most important in a scene, which is the human figure. The background for me may or may not be pretty, but if the image of the protagonist human figure it's attractive, it has an expression that motivates me to look at it, for me 90% of the work is done. In my opinion, what is it that makes a human figure attractive and others...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration with Volume and Texture
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration

Sergio Edwards
A course by Sergio Edwards
Sergio Edwards is a freelance illustrator and his work environment is mainly Adobe Photoshop, where he makes 2D graphics, painting them to give them a 3D look. He works especially in the world of advertising, where he creates colorful campaigns with expressive characters for agencies such as BBDO, Y&R, MullenLowe, and more.
He has been an illustrator for nearly 3 years, a discipline he learned while he was an art director at an advertising agency. He started out making sketches to send to Cannes, the most important advertising festival in the world. Then, he started to make the complete illustrations, several of which have been shortlisted in said festival.
Sergio has worked for clients from China, Hong Kong, the United States, Colombia, Chile, India, Greece, England, Israel, and Chile, among others; the vast majority of them within the advertising sector.
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