1. Design & Illustration
  2. Digital Painting

Mastering Fantasy Design with Adobe Illustrator and Poser

Nastasia Peters
FREELessons: 21Length: 1.7 hours
Digital PaintingAdobe IllustratorIllustrationPoserCompositionLighting
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6.2 Shading

Now we will start shading the illustration, mainly using the Paintbrush Tool, adjusting the weight, opacity and blending mode to give our illustration that painted look.

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 03:33

1.1
Introduction
03:33

2.Conceptualization
1 lesson, 06:32

2.1
Creating a Reference in Photoshop
06:32

3.Creating a Reference in Poser
4 lessons, 20:05

3.1
Introduction to Poser
04:15

3.2
Customizing a 3D Model in Poser
06:14

3.3
Posing 3D Models in Poser
06:42

3.4
Creating a Background and Light Source
02:54

4.Sketching in Adobe Photoshop
4 lessons, 18:01

4.1
Outline Sketch
02:59

4.2
Background Sketch
04:16

4.3
Character Sketch
06:57

4.4
Shading the Sketch
03:49

5.Creating Line Work in Adobe Illustrator
6 lessons, 25:21

5.1
Tools and Setup
02:59

5.2
Background Line Art
05:23

5.3
Character Line Art
04:49

5.4
Using Live Paint
03:42

5.5
Choosing Base Colors
05:27

5.6
Creating Color Holds
03:01

6.Light Source, Highlights and Shading
4 lessons, 24:54

6.1
Using the Light Source
03:42

6.2
Shading
09:10

6.3
Highlights
04:53

6.4
Final Touches
07:09

7.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:27

7.1
Final Thoughts
01:27

Nastasia Peters
Nastasia Peters
Nastasia Peters (aka Nas) is an Illustrator and Writer who recently moved from France to England. Her illustrations are a way to translate the imaginary worlds and characters that roam in her mind. She has been using vector for ten years and has published two fantasy novels in 2013. When she isn't drawing or writing, she'll be playing a game or tell her room mates she's bored in hopes they'll entertain her.
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