Digital Illustration with Volume and Texture
Direct light and final painting (part 1)
A course by Sergio Edwards , Illustrator
About the video: Direct light and final painting (part 1)
Overview
“Once we have the scene illuminated with a non-direct and even light, we are going to focus now on direct lights or light bulbs, where there will be harsh shadows and with direction depending on where our light source comes from.”
In this video lesson Sergio Edwards addresses the topic: Direct light and final painting (part 1), 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
“Direct light In this lesson we will work on direct lights or light bulbs. We will do this with harder brushes, with texture, and we will always give it as much texture as possible so that it has a finish with a touch as we did before as an analog and a little away from what digital painting is. Here we will have to risk a little more in casting the shadows that will be harder, for example, the Rover on the floor, but we will see that it is not so difficult and I will give you a couple of tips to make the light look as real as possible. So let's get on with it. The first thing I will do is t...”
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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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