Values in Digital Illustration

Name: Values in Digital Illustration
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Learn To Create Visually Appealing Digital Illustration In Procreate - Level Up Your Digital Drawing And Painting Skills

Created byAlexandra Finta

Last updated 10/2022

English

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What you'll learn

to make your artworks appealing to your audience
to make an image that is easily readable in greyscale
to set the mood of your artwork by choosing a Value Range
to create a Value Scale and apply it to an illustration
to create a greyscale image
to create a monochrome image
to create a colorful image
to create a color palette that matches your desired values

Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 18m total length

Introduction2:14
Master how light and dark values shape readable, impactful digital illustration through hands-on grayscale exercises, with Procreate on iPad guiding beginners to harmony.
About The Class3:52
Explore the values-focused class structure in digital illustration, combining theory worksheets, guided practice, and a final painting to improve value handling and overall artwork.
Resources0:03

What Are Values?4:08
Explore the seven elements of art: line, shape, form, space, texture, color, and value, and learn how value defines light and dark in digital illustration.
How To Check Values?3:23
Create a value check layer by filling midrange gray and setting the blending mode to color to view grayscale values, then adjust shadows on layers to compare light and dark.
Values Of Color4:45
Explore how each color carries a value from white to black and learn to test artwork in grayscale for readability, contrast, and color-blind accessibility.
About Value Scales5:57
Value scales visualize a gradient from white to black. Use a limited value range to promote harmony and set moods, from vintage to night scenes.

Practice Greyscale8:36
Learn to paint in grayscale by building a value scale from white to black and applying it to create focus, depth, and light in digital illustrations.
Practice Monochrome8:51
Create a monochrome image by selecting a hue and building a value scale from light to dark, using layers, value checks, and color overlays to explore shading and color relationships.
Practice Color7:04
Create a color palette with at least three colors, study values, shadows, and light, and use color layers to render a ginger orange cat, teal desk, and green leaves.
Value Hacks6:02
Explore value hacks to improve illustration by adjusting brightness and saturation, adding shading and outlines, and using a value check layer to differentiate leaves, pot, and background.

Creating The Final Artwork Part 1.7:42
Choose three main colors from the palette with lighter and darker variants for shading, then create color thumbnails and test several color versions to guide layered shading and final artwork.
Creating The Final Artwork Part 2.10:51
Create the artwork by building layered shading and outlines, adding shadows for the cat and leaves, adjust values with hue, saturation, and brightness, and add a color background before signing.
The Class Project2:01
Value in digital illustration course: upload your class project variants—monochrome and colored—showcase the final piece in half grayscale in the project gallery, and adjust values to grayscale if needed.
Project Gallery
Final Thoughts2:04
Learn to identify and apply value in digital illustration, using a value range, value scale, and a value check layer across grayscale, monochrome, and full color schemes.
BONUS LECTURE0:51

Requirements

working knowledge of Procreate or the digital art program you are going to use

Description

Welcome to the "Values In Digital Illustration - The Ultimate Guide for Beginners" course!

In this course you will learn how to make sure that the values in your artwork are right and to make your artworks easily readable and attractive to your audience.

The difference between a good image and a great image can be seen right at the first sight. But what makes our eye differentiate this in only a few seconds?

Having the values right is one of the concepts that makes our artworks easily readable. And what are values? It is basically how light or dark something is. And how you can check it? In greyscale.

Through various exercises you will practice creating harmony within your artworks and to make sure that they are easily readable in greyscale too, because that is what will make your audience attracted to it.

I am going to work on an iPad and Procreate, but you can follow the class in any software, you will just need a working knowledge of it.

This course is perfect for anyone who is creating art, even if not in the digital media, because the topic applies to visual arts in general. It is a perfect fit for beginner illustrators who have never given a thought to values and have the feeling that there is something off in their artworks.

In this course you will learn:

- to choose a Value Range for your artworks in order to set mood

- to set a Value Scale within the chosen range

- to choose colors that match the set Value Scale

- to create a Value Check Layer

- 3 strategies to solve problems with values

- to create an illustration that is easily readable in greyscale

By the end of this course you will be fully mindful of the values while creating and it will bring you to a totally new level. Trust me:)

I am so excited to have you here, and if you are ready, let’s get into it!

Who this course is for:

to anyone who is creating art
to beginner illustrators who have never given a thought to values
to beginner artists who have the feeling that they have someting off in their artworks

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 6min

Theory4 lectures • 18min

Practice4 lectures • 31min

Illustration5 lectures • 23min

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