Domestika Live Events in October 2026: Creativity, Inspiration, and Live Learning
Check out Domestika’s October “Lives” schedule and learn live alongside artists and professionals from various creative disciplines.
October brings new opportunities to learn, experiment, and spark your creativity. This month, Domestika’s Lives return with live sessions where you can discover techniques, processes, and ideas from professionals in the creative community.
Illustration, design, photography, crafts, creativity, and much more: each Live session is an opportunity to get an up-close look at an expert’s process, discover how they work, and gain new resources to apply to your own projects.
And the best part is that you can do it from anywhere. Gather your materials, clear some time in your schedule, and discover all of Domestika’s live sessions for October 2026.
Criteria in Food Styling, with Marcela Lovegrove | October 1 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
In food styling, it’s not the tricks that matter most, but rather your judgment: what you’re looking for before you begin, how you learn to observe, and the decisions you make as you build an image.
In this Live session, Marcela Lovegrove will draw on real photos and scenarios to show what goes through the mind of someone working in food styling: what to include, what to leave out, how to compose the shot, and the role that lighting, framing, and perspective play in every decision. Throughout the session, she’ll reinforce a central idea behind her work: food styling doesn’t exist in isolation—it exists for the camera, and that camera dictates what we do and how we do it.
If you have any questions or specific scenarios you’d like to work on, please send them in before the live session so Marcela can address some of them during the session.
How to Sketch to Build an Image, with Jorge Lewis | October 6 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
Before a powerful illustration comes into being, there is a sketch that underpins it. That preliminary drawing—often invisible in the final result—is what determines whether the image works.
In this Live session, Jorge Lewis will share different approaches to preliminary sketching to build an image. He’ll discuss how the drawing changes depending on the materials and tools used, including the red sketch he frequently employs in his work. He’ll also share the processes and rituals he follows to arrive at an illustration, as well as the positive outcomes he’s discovered through them.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the creation of images and graphic materials, but how does this affect art direction and production for print and digital media?
In this live session, Chack Robles and Emigdio González will explore the impact of AI on the world of graphic design and share the essential knowledge needed to understand how these two processes coexist. They’ll discuss the current scope of artificial intelligence, the fundamentals of art direction for print and digital, the real potential of prompts for print projects, and what factors to consider when choosing the tools and platforms for developing each type of material.
Data-Driven Marketing with Gabriel Perelman | October 8 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
Data can help you improve your campaigns, but only if you know which metrics to look at and how to interpret them. You don’t have to be an analyst to make better marketing decisions.
In this Live session, Gabriel Perelman will share a practical approach to understanding the metrics that really matter and using them to optimize campaigns. You’ll learn how to categorize metrics based on their objective, identify where a problem lies within the funnel, and use a simple framework to decide when to optimize, scale, or pause a campaign.
Create with 3 Basic Crochet Stitches, with Relmü Tejidos | October 8 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
You don’t need to master dozens of stitches to crochet beautiful pieces. With the single crochet, double crochet, and slip stitch—three of the first stitches anyone learning to crochet masters—you already have enough to create textures, shapes, and complete garments.
In this Live session, María Jesús Labbé, textile designer and founder of Relmü Tejidos, will show just how far you can go with these three basic stitches. You’ll see how to combine them, how the result changes depending on the yarn and hook you choose, and how small variations open up very different possibilities from the same starting point. She’ll also share her recommendations for materials and her tips for achieving a more even and neat finish.
Integrating AI into Your Creative Processes with Nicolás Madoery | October 13 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
What changes when AI enters our creative processes? In this Live session, Nicolás Madoery will share how he integrates these tools into his own practice, what challenges arise, and where he finds real value amid the noise.
Rather than simply reviewing the course content, we’ll go a step further to discuss specific case studies and issues such as authorship, curation, and content saturation. We’ll also explore how to develop your own criteria for integrating AI without losing what makes your work uniquely yours.
Verbal Identity and Branding with Lane Cope (Heavy) | October 14 | 5:30 p.m. (MAD)
How does verbal identity impact a brand’s creative process?
In this Live session, Lane Cope, co-founder and creative director of Heavy, will explore the role of verbal identity in branding and how language-related decisions can strengthen a brand concept without limiting visual creativity.
Throughout the session, you’ll discover which elements of verbal identity are essential, how to turn a concept into a coherent visual direction, and how language and graphics work together to build a brand experience.
Single-Pigment Oil Portrait with Gustavo Velasco | October 15 | 5:00 p.m. (MAD)
In this Live session, artist Gustavo Velasco will explore the expressive potential of working with a single pigment in portraiture. Through his experience, you’ll discover how chromatic limitation can become a powerful creative tool that enhances the emotion and impact of an image.
From choosing the pigment and experimenting with materials to the portrait itself and the creative process behind each work, Gustavo will share his approach to oil painting, transforming a restriction into his own unique artistic language.
Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Video Game Modeling with Marina Pais | October 20 | October 16
Modeling for video games is not the same as modeling for any other purpose. What works in a general 3D workflow can pose problems when an asset has to run within a video game engine.
In this live session, Marina Pais will focus on 3D modeling for video games using Blender. She’ll explain the basic differences between general-purpose 3D modeling and game-oriented modeling, and share some of the environments she’s created for actual video games, along with the reasoning behind them. She will then model a simple object using a workflow tailored for video games, review different ways to texture it, and address the most common mistakes in video game modeling. Finally, she will demonstrate the basics of integrating Blender with Unity, the video game engine she works with.
Last-Minute Halloween Makeup with Geonna Snyder | October 22 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
Running out of time to create your Halloween look? In this live stream, Geonna Snyder will share three quick and easy makeup ideas you can recreate at the last minute. From a classic vampire to a clown and a scarecrow, you’ll discover easy ways to transform your look without having to spend hours getting ready.
Playing with Language: The Art of Writing with Shaun Levin | October 27 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
What happens when we stop viewing writing as a productivity goal and start approaching it as an art form? In this live session, Shaun Levin invites us to explore writing through play, experimentation, and creative constraints.
Drawing inspiration from the games and experiments of Oulipo, we’ll discover how constraints can help us break free from the voice of the “well-educated writer” and uncover new possibilities in language. Plus, we’ll create something together, live, through a series of writing games in the chat.
Writing Based on Form with Natalia Méndez | October 28 | 4:00 p.m. (MAD)
Materiality helps us think about content. An artist’s book, a book-object, or a fanzine offers a different journey for the reader, and taking these possibilities into account from the very beginning of the creation of text and images can completely enhance a project.
In this Live session, Natalia Méndez will explore some fanzines and book-objects to reflect together on the relationship between form and content. She’ll then teach you how to create a simple yet powerful format, and based on what that format invites you to do, she’ll suggest writing exercises to fill it out. You’ll also see different options for the same format, so you can give your project a unique and personal touch.
A Weekly Dose of Creativity
Sometimes, all you need to start a new project is to see how someone else turns an idea into something real. Domestika’s Live sessions are an opportunity to discover new creative processes, learn techniques, and find that little dose of inspiration that can unlock your next idea.
Mark the dates that interest you most and join us throughout October to learn live from artists and creative experts across different disciplines.
And if you don’t want to miss a single session, check back on this article throughout the month: we’ll be compiling all of Domestika’s October Live sessions here.
Which one will you watch first?
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