Illustration by Hand Inspired on Digital Techniques

A course by Amadeo Gonzales , Illustrator

Illustrator. Lima District, Peru.
Joined March 2019

Learn to reproduce digital illustrations on your handmade drawings

98% positive reviews (40)
653 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Learn to reproduce digital illustrations on your handmade drawings

The introduction of digital design programs such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator has brought the art of drawing to new borders before unthinkable and has provided creative people with tools to exploit their skills to the fullest. But that does not mean that if you do not have access to Adobe programs or a graphics tablet you cannot be a great cartoonist.

In this course you will learn how to reproduce by hand some of the most useful tools of digital illustration programs with the help of Amadeo Gonzales, illustrator, editor of fanzines and extreme advocate of analog drawing or, what is The same, the handmade drawing on a paper with the tools of a lifetime.

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What will you learn in this online course?

16 lessons & 1 download

Analog illustration
4 minutes, 38 seconds
From Photoshop to paper
3 minutes, 43 seconds
What can i draw?
9 minutes, 32 seconds
Materials?
2 minutes, 12 seconds
Layer 1, color 1
3 minutes, 50 seconds
  • 98% positive reviews (40)
  • 653 students
  • 16 lessons (1h 51m)
  • 1 additional resource (1 file)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

You will create an illustration by hand imitating the tools offered by Adobe Photoshop.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

To students of graphic design or artistic careers and to anyone with a fondness for drawing.

Requirements and materials

You will need 250g A4 cardboard, a 2B pencil, tempera markers, colored pencils, watercolors, acrylic, water, Chinese ink and brushes of the numbers 0, 8 and 16.


Reviews

653 Students
40 Reviews
98% Positive ratings

Amadeo Gonzales

A course by Amadeo Gonzales

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Illustrator

Amadeo Gonzales is dedicated to the illustration and edition of fanzines . In 2001 he created the fanzine Carboncito, a Peruvian comic and graphic art magazine. Amadeo is a cultural manager and director of the Galeria Del Momento, and organizer of the Carboncito festival dedicated to comics, graphic art and independent publications.

For more than ten years he has been a professor of comic strip, drawing and production of fanzines in Lima and has participated in festivals such as Comiccopolis in Argentina, Impressive Festival in Chile, the FIT in Costa Rica and the Gutter Fest in Barcelona.


Content

  • U1

    Presentation

    • Hello
    • Influences
    • What will we do during the course
  • U2

    Introduction

    • Analog illustration
    • From Photoshop to paper
    • What can i draw?
    • Materials?
  • U3

    The bottom, layers of acrylic or tempera

    • Layer 1, color 1
    • Layer 2, color 2
    • Layer 3, color 3
  • U4

    Composition layers

    • Multiply effect
    • Color intersection
    • Negative drawing
  • U5

    The drawing

    • Line drawing
    • Retouching, brightness and contrasts
    • recommendations
  • FP

    Final project

    • Final project

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Illustration by Hand Inspired on Digital Techniques. Illustration course by Amadeo Gonzales

Illustration by Hand Inspired on Digital Techniques

A course by Amadeo Gonzales
Illustrator. Lima District, Peru.
Joined March 2019
  • 98% positive reviews (40)
  • 653 students