
Luca explains what types of printing are best suited to your final art and helps you prepare your file to ensure you get a high-quality print. Once you've finished your portrait, create an abstract version of the same photograph. Then, Luca shows you how to translate features into colorful geometric shapes and piece them together. Learn how to work with multiple layers and play with transparency to create a sketch. Now it's time to start distilling the essence of your portrait's subject in Procreate. Digital Illustration: Modern Portraits in Procreate Natasha Robertson, Artist & Illustrator Watch this class and thousands more Get unlimited access to every class Taught by industry leaders & working professionals Topics include illustration, design, photography, and more Lessons in This Class 8 Lessons (35m) 1. Choose a reference photo and decide on the format for your portrait before you get drawing. Look at Procreate's primary tools and features and then make some important decisions for your final project. He talks through his creative journey to becoming a digital illustrator, tattoo artist, and street artist before sharing the sources of inspiration that have influenced his work over the years. Made to simplify the portrait drawing process by combining facial feature brushes (faces, eyes, noses, lips, etc.) and texture brushes (skin texture.

Finally, you’ll learn how to save your file to share online or to print, as well as some advice on how to use Instagram as your portfolio.Begin by getting to know Luca Font a bit better. Natalia teaches how the work on the final details of your illustration using the tools on Procreate and Adobe Photoshop to adjust color and do other small corrections. Apply flat color, shadows, and light that you learned previously to paint different skin tones and create textures and effects for hair. Next, make a start on the first sketches of your character, giving shape and contour through line art, with the intention of transposing expression with the ideal angle.

Explore basic concepts of feminine anatomy, learn about proportions, as well as simple formulas do layout the face and bust in three angles: frontal, three-quarters, and profile.

Learn how to apply light, shadows, color, and texture to your image through a series of exercises with spheres. Natalia introduces the app by showing you the brushes she uses the most, as well as going through the main techniques, such as Brush Smudge. In the second unit, learn how to prepare a mood board with your references and explore Procreate’s main tools.

She shares her artistic references, ranging from Disney characters to the artist Alphonse Mucha. Start the course with an overview of Natália Dias’ career so far, and how she was able to study illustration while she majored in Fashion History.
