Illustrated Portraits with Procreate
Digitization
A course by Elena Garnu , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Digitization
Overview
“Now it's time to transfer all those textures to the digital format. For this I will use in my case a scanner, but you can do it with a photo camera or even with your mobile. We will scan at the highest possible resolution and, once in Photoshop, we will save the stain separately and separate the background from the stain with the "channels" tool.”
In this video lesson Elena Garnu addresses the topic: Digitization, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Portraits with Procreate. Learn how to create and compose a portrait adding elements, textures, and expressiveness starting from a photo.
Partial transcription of the video
“Digitization In this lesson, I'll teach you how to digitize the stains we created analogically in our previous lesson. Let's get on it. We're going to digitize the stains and textures created in the last lesson. For that, we'll open Photoshop. Once inside, we'll open our file, choose the scanner or the camera. Whichever we used. Now it's open. It's important to create a library of high-quality digitized resources so we can work on different canvas formats and resize our stains without losing quality. If we're working with low-quality scans or photos, and then we take our illustration for pr...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Portraits with Procreate
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Digital Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Elena Garnu
A course by Elena Garnu
Elena Garnu is a Spanish illustrator who has been working on both professional and personal illustration projects, since graduating from her studies in Fine Arts.
Her contemporary style involves a strong feminine feel, merging portraits with natural elements that give an abstract feel to her work. Her muses, simultaneously strong and vulnerable, are always connected to everyday life. She has collaborated with editorials such as Simon & Schuster, Norma Editorial, and Mueve tu lengua.
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