Retro Illustration: from Traditional Pencils to Digital Tools
A course by Alice Des , Illustrator
Let your creativity run wild by exploring Photoshop’s tools to create a retro and colorful illustration that reflects your style
Let your creativity run wild by exploring Photoshop’s tools to create a retro and colorful illustration that reflects your style
Do you love to experiment using traditional paint and your digital pencil? It's Alice Des' favorite way to create in her vast, compelling, and resolutely retro universe—working with curved lines and colorful stripes to create empowered female characters.
This illustrator, who likes to play around with all kinds of media, teaches you the essential drawing techniques using Photoshop. For the final project, create an illustration with both traditional and digital tools. By the end of this course, you'll have found your own unique tone and will even be able to create an animated GIF!
What will you learn in this online course?
33 lessons & 22 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (43)
- 968 students
- 33 lessons (7h 41m)
- 22 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: French
- French · Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create an illustration inspired by your favorite universe using both traditional and digital tools.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who'd love to get started in digital illustration and find their own visual identity.
Requirements and materials
You need pencils, colored pencils, gouache, and a graphics tablet. Basic knowledge of Photoshop may be useful, as well as a scanner if you want to use paper.
Reviews
After working for four years as an illustrators' agent, Alice Des set herself up as an independent artist. She has worked for Clit Revolution, a web series available on France.tv Slash, and the Manuel d'Activisme Féministe, by the same authors. She collaborates with the press (L'Obs, Les Echos, Milk, Dada, Causette) and brands (Adobe, Petrossian, Nicolas, Cluizel, Arte), as well as with the Slow Galerie in Paris where her work is exhibited and sold.
As a socially involved artist, Alice likes to work for projects that make sense. Her graphic universe oscillates between retro aesthetics and modern subjects, spontaneous drawing and the will to simplify, and digital tools and traditional techniques.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Explorations
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Collect ideas: find inspiration
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Find your tone
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Find your treatise and medium
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Reinterpreting the human body
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U3
Prepare its composition
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Compose your image
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Find balance
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Make thumbnail sketches
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Think color
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Prepare textures
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U4
Create your digital illustration
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Refine the sketch
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Line art in Photoshop 1
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Line art in Photoshop 2
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Line art in Photoshop 3
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Line art in Photoshop 4
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Line art in Photoshop 5
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Line art in Photoshop 6
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Line art in Photoshop 7
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Line art in Photoshop 8
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Line art in Photoshop 9
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Line art in Photoshop 10
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Colors and textures 1
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Colors and textures 2
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Colors and textures 3
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Colors and textures 4
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Colors and textures 5
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Colors and textures 6
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Export your file
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U5
Animation of an isolated element
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Prepare your animation file
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Set the object in motion 1
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Set the object in motion 2
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Share your work online
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FP
Final project
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Retro Illustration: from Traditional Pencils to Digital Tools
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
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Get front-row seats
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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ruizc2010
Maravilloso!!
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chris.thetier
Sympa et motivant
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kaisinzinger
Great course, I love her style and how Alice shows her process. Very Good!
dmerhege
Great course! Loved seeing Alice's method of creating.
jmcab
Gran curso, muy interesante.
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