Digital Illustration with Volume and Texture
References
A course by Sergio Edwards , Illustrator
About the video: References
Overview
“I will look for references on the subject that we are going to illustrate. Despite having a clear idea about what to do, it will always help to look for images to take from them what you like the most. I will teach you how to arrange them on a moodboard to consult when illustrating.”
In this video lesson Sergio Edwards addresses the topic: References, 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
“References In this lesson we will look for images that they serve to give life to our sketch. Although we have a clear idea of what we want to do many times, looking for references opens up a wider range of possibilities that we had not thought when imagining the idea. I will give you an example. If your idea was to make an image with a pirate, if you search "pirate" for example on Pinterest, you will find many types of pirate. For example, a colorful pirate, that he may be a more Irish pirate, so to speak. A pirate with missing teeth. Here for example we have a very sumptuous pirate, that ...”
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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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