Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
Lights and shadows 1
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz, Illustrator
About the video: Lights and shadows 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how I add lights and shadows to my drawings and what colors I use.”
In this video lesson Jimena S. Sarquiz addresses the topic: Lights and shadows 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate. Learn how to tell stories and convey emotions through children's illustration with your iPad.
Partial transcription of the video
“We have reached the final part of our illustration. which for me would be adding some details of lights and shadows to what I already have. When I add lights and shadows. i prefer to enhance depth through subtle shading rather than simply adding black for shadows. To create shadows. i prefer enhancing depth by subtly adding color to the image. I'm going to create a new layer at the top. Goodbye! I'll set it to the Multiply property. For now. i'll reduce the opacity to 60% to explain some things to you. This will help illustrate the process. If I used a black color for I'm adding shadow now....”
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Course summary for: Creating Characters for Children's Stories with Procreate
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Jimena S. Sarquiz
A course by Jimena S. Sarquiz
Jimena S. Sarquiz is a freelance illustrator specializing in the illustration of books for children and young people. During her career, she has had the opportunity to illustrate books for different publishers in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, as well as different magazines from Editorial Televisa (Mexico). In 2010, she illustrated her first children's book. Since then, she has illustrated ten more, mostly for publishers in Mexico.
Jimena is an active participant in comic events and design fairs, where she sells her illustrations. Her work can be found on social media under the name Monitos Bonitos.
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