Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop
Refining the Sketch 1
A course by user8846090 surname8846090 , Illustrator
Joined October 2021
Explore the art of storytelling by combining traditional and digital illustration techniques to create compelling portraits of people in a meaningful environment
Joined October 2021
About the video: Refining the Sketch 1
Overview
“Next, I will show you how to refine your chosen thumbnail into a final comprehensive sketch. I will make a first sketch, using pictures as references for the face of my figure, and then I will see how I can start improving this.”
In this video lesson user8846090 surname8846090 addresses the topic: Refining the Sketch 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop. Explore the art of storytelling by combining traditional and digital illustration techniques to create compelling portraits of people in a meaningful environment.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Refining the Sketch In our previous lesson, we worked on defining the thumbnail. In this lesson, we'll select one thumbnail and refine the sketch into something that we can use in our final composition. I selected one thumbnail that stood out to me. This appealed to me because I liked the layout and the elements in it. I realized that moving forward, I'll have to select a face. My character needs a face. I went digging through some family photos and I came across a portrait of a relative of mine. This came from a Polaroid that I scanned and blew up, I enlarged it. This picture has the exp...”
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Course summary for: Dramatic Portraits with Pastels, Collage, and Photoshop
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Collage, Drawing, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
A course by user8846090 surname8846090
Dominic Bodden is an award-winning illustrator and animator based in New York City. His signature illustration style is a blend of traditional and digital image-making techniques that incorporate pastel and paper collage. Before his illustration career, he worked in fashion as a stylist and costume designer. He credits this experience for refining his eye for color, patterns, and textures, which allows him to create dynamic illustrations with an emotional impact.
Dominic is a recipient of the Silver Cube Award from the Art Directors Club, a Bronze Award from the 3x3 Illustration annual, and he is a New Talent Award Winner of the World Illustration Awards 2021. His work has been recognized by American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and Communication Arts.
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