How to Create Fine Line Vector Portraits
Starting the Portrait
A course by Matt Curtis
, Illustrator
Learn how to create stunning fine line art portraits by using various inking techniques to make your artwork stand out.
- 88 students
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
About the video: Starting the Portrait
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to begin your portrait, starting with importing your reference image. I'll explain how you can build up your sketch using simple guidelines (if you want to work from a sketch instead of a photo), choose the right brushes, and find the underlying structure in the face.”
In this video lesson Matt Curtis addresses the topic: Starting the Portrait, which is part of the Domestika online course: How to Create Fine Line Vector Portraits. Learn how to create stunning fine line art portraits by using various inking techniques to make your artwork stand out..
Partial transcription of the video
“All right, now that we got familiar with Fresca and we did some drawing exercises, in this lesson, we can begin on the portrait. There are two different approaches that we can take when it comes to building up our sketch. The first thing we can do is to take an image that we have and import it into the document and trace it. The other option is to draw the image freehand. I'm going to show you how you can import your image into Fresco and start that way. I'm going down to the bottom left corner and I'm going to click on Photos, which will import the image that we have. And here's our refere...”
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Course summary for: How to Create Fine Line Vector Portraits
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Fresco -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Portrait Illustration, Vector Illustration
A course by Matt Curtis
Meet Matt Curtis, a talented freelance illustrator renowned for his captivating scratchboard style of illustration. With a passion for communicating thoughts, concepts, and emotions through drawing, Matt's work can be found on a wide array of products, including sportswear, toy packaging, magazine covers, and band T-shirts. His high-contrast portraits, combining hand-drawn stylus sketching with bold vector graphics, resonate with a sense of depth and emotion, making each illustration a true work of art.
Driven by a desire to express the way he sees the world, Matt Curtis developed his signature scratchboard style, a unique blend of inking techniques that allows him to compose highly detailed illustrations. As your mentor in this transformative course, Matt will share his expertise, empowering you to master vector inking techniques and create your own captivating fine-line art portraits with Adobe Fresco. Join Matt Curtis on this inspiring artistic journey and unlock the potential of digital illustration with his captivating teaching style and artistic mastery.
- 88 students
- 12 lessons (1h 38m)
- 14 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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