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  • Design and Expression: The Art of Line in Urban Sketching By Raro de Oliveira
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    Design and Expression: The Art of Line in Urban Sketching By Raro de Oliveira

    As an illustrator and urban sketcher, I discovered that the essence of my art lies in capturing the poetry of everyday life. My name is Raro de Oliveira, and today I will share with you some tips about the materials I use to create my graphic chronicles. Each tool plays a unique role in the journey of drawing, and exploring them is part of the magic of artistic creation.

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  • 5 secrets from Anaïs González to bring your portraits to life
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    5 secrets from Anaïs González to bring your portraits to life

    Hello everyone on the Domestika blog! 🌟 I'm Anaïs González and I'm excited to share with you some tips about this art form that has the ability to capture the very essence of personality through expressiveness. Every line drawn, every subtle shadow, contributes to the unique narrative of each graphite portrait. It is in these details that the magic lies, where the expression comes alive and becomes more than just a drawing.

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  • Tutorial Photography: Why Have an Artist's Sketchbook
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    Tutorial Photography: Why Have an Artist's Sketchbook

    Discover the basic tips to create your sketchbook and awaken your visual culture with Dara Scully Of all the tools used by creatives, there is one that is invaluable in all formats and media: the artist's sketchbook. "For all those who want to pursue something creative, it is very important to have something called visual culture," explains photographer Dara Scully (@darascully). Visual culture consists of having a collection of image references, ideas, and various sources of inspiration to which you can turn when the time comes to create. The artist's sketchbook is where you can keep this collection of information and inspiration, which is why it is such an important part of any creative process. In the following video, Scully explains how and why she uses an artist's sketchbook and shares several basic concepts that you can apply to start your own.

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  • Mastering Expressive Poses: How to Infuse Life and Emotion into Your Figure Drawings
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    Mastering Expressive Poses: How to Infuse Life and Emotion into Your Figure Drawings

    Drawing the human figure is an art form that has captivated artists for centuries. While mastering anatomy and proportions is essential, there is something truly magical about infusing life and emotion into figure drawings. In this blog article, I will explore the techniques and principles behind mastering expressive poses, allowing you to create figure drawings that evoke a sense of vitality and emotion. Infusing Life and Emotion into Your Figure Drawings:

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  • 10 Online Courses For Learning How to Draw With Pencil
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    10 Online Courses For Learning How to Draw With Pencil

    Unleash your creativity and imagination with the help of these five drawing experts and start to draw from scratch Drawing is probably the one creative activity we all have in common: ever since we were children, we have used it to express ourselves. However, as the years go by, we tend to neglect this skill. When it comes to drawing, there are some universal rules based on how human beings perceive things and their cultural norms. Whether you choose to respect these rules, break them, or experiment with them, there’s no doubt that they are essential for every illustrator. If you want to rediscover your love for drawing in pencil, these 10 courses will teach you everything you need to know. Artistic Illustration: Draw from Your Imagination, a course by Fito Espinosa Painter, visual artist, and illustrator Fito Espinosa will show you the process he uses to connect with his deepest feelings and thoughts through images full of symbolism and emotion. He shares exercises that will help you explore yourself and learn to develop your ideas into images that express your personal point of view.

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  • 15 Reasons to Use a Sketchbook by Sergio Bleda, Miguel Gallardo and Puño
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    15 Reasons to Use a Sketchbook by Sergio Bleda, Miguel Gallardo and Puño

    We ask three illustrators why they use a sketchbook and why you should too Sergio Bleda (@sergibleda) is a professional cartoonist and illustrator from Valencia (Spain). In his Domestika course Inking Techniques for Comics and Illustration, he explores the technical and creative possibilities of inking. He is also passionate about sketchbooks and always carries one around. He sees his job as quickly translating ideas into images so that they go from being an abstract concept to something readable. Sketchbooks, therefore, are handy tools. Here are his five reasons why you should use one as well: #1 Every drawing that starts in a sketchbook can be defined as a clumsy "graphic babbling": a small step that makes you lose your fear of the unknown. The first word of a new language. #2 It allows you to work without pressure. Sometimes you draw without knowing precisely what you are looking for, and a sketchbook is perfect for that.

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  • What Is Urban Sketching?
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    What Is Urban Sketching?

    Lapin, urban sketcher, explains what this discipline that arises from everyday life consists of What is your main source of inspiration? For urban sketches, inspiration is everywhere and in all situations of everyday life. This is the case of Lapin (@lapinbarcelona), an expert in telling stories with his drawings based on observation, which has led him to work with clients such as Air France, Le Parisien Magazine, Peugeot, Porsche, and many more. If you like to observe everything around you and want to discover a new style to express yourself graphically, as well as to explore architectural illustration, learn more about urban sketching below.

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  • Free Download: Perspective Guide for Urban Sketching
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    Free Download: Perspective Guide for Urban Sketching

    Download Lapin's perspective guide to add soul and personality to your urban sketches One of the advantages of urban sketching is that it allows us to represent the reality of a city, but from our own perspective. Unlike what we would achieve with a camera, we have the possibility of instilling soul by adding details that would otherwise go unnoticed. In this case, perspective also plays in our favor: we can create a realistic illustration that fits everything we see including angles a camera could never capture.

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  • What Is an Artist's Book?
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    What Is an Artist's Book?

    Susana Domínguez explains the definition and value of an artist's book Artistic binding is the answer to a creative need, and Susana Domínguez, an artist devoted to this trade, uses the art of binding to create unique pieces. The artisanal processes she applies are indeed the perfect techniques for binding treasured publications, such as artists' books. In 2017 she was awarded the National Prize for Artistic Binding in Spain. Today, she will teach us what artists' books are, using examples that vary instyle, form, image, and text.

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  • Free Download: Color Tips for Drawing with Pencils
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    Free Download: Color Tips for Drawing with Pencils

    Learn tricks to improve your coloring process with Marco Mazzoni Marco Mazzoni (@marcomazzoniart) is and artist and illustrator. Experimenting with the boundaries of fine art using pencils has been a passion of Marco’s since he was a student. He tells a compelling story through his pencil portraits, drawing inspiration from Sardinian mysticism and the plants that he began sketching as a boy.

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  • Adding Watercolor to Your Sketchbook Drawings
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    Adding Watercolor to Your Sketchbook Drawings

    Mattias Adolfsson shows you how a hint of color will take your sketches to the next level and add depth Mattias Adolfsson (@mattiasadolfsson) is an illustrator living in a small town in Sweden, called Sigtuna, just outside of Stockholm. As a young adult, Mattias studied engineering and architecture before switching to graphic design, all the while continuing to draw in his spare time and develop his own unique style. During his degree, he became interested in 3D modeling, using it to build his own universes and tell fantastical stories. For his thesis project, he used 3D design and animation to create a visual piece about three cosmonauts traveling to Mars–a story he had developed over many years in his sketchbook. After graduating from university with a master’s in graphic design, Mattias worked for a decade in the computer games industry. In 2007, he left Electronic Arts to become a freelance illustrator. Since then, he has been commissioned by the likes of WIRED, Google, The New Yorker, Nickelodeon, Hollywood Reporter, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Disney, Amnesty International, and many more.

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  • 5 Essential Courses to Start Your Sketchbook Habit
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    5 Essential Courses to Start Your Sketchbook Habit

    Take your sketching and creativity to another level with these experts The sketchbook is the perfect tool to develop as a creative. Regardless of your experience, it is a medium to develop in almost any creative discipline. Establishing the habit of always having your sketchbook with you will help you create surprising and innovative projects. Start to fill one up right now with ideas, sketches, watercolors, and anything else that might occur to you with the help of these five experts.

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  • Junk Journal July: A Creativity Challenge
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    Junk Journal July: A Creativity Challenge

    Journaler Meg Journals invites you to participate in this creativity activity Without a doubt, sketchbooks are one of the most useful and rewarding tools any creative can have. Being alone with your pages lets you pour your ideas, experiences, plans for future projects, and many things more. Meg Journals is an illustrator based in the UK whose love for journals goes way beyond the paper. We talked to her about her passion and Junk Journal July, a creative challenge you can participate throughout July.

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  • Keep track of your creativity and learn to sketch characters with Caio Martins
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    Keep track of your creativity and learn to sketch characters with Caio Martins

    Turn your sketchbook into a paper lab for character design Whoever thinks that ideas are born ready to be shared is dead wrong. Every spark of creativity must be polished again and again, built little by little, and improved until it reaches its final version, especially when it comes to projects involving the conversion from analog to digital. Caio Martins (@caiorfmartins) is a visual artist specializing in character design and storyboarding who has worked for studios like DreamWorks, Netflix, and Disney Jr. Today he is sharing some tips for working with your creativity on a sketchbook using a simple guide:

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  • What Is a Sketchbook?
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    What Is a Sketchbook?

    Discover the 5 ways a sketchbook can boost your creative potential Behind every masterpiece, there is always a sketch. The history of creativity is full of references that prove that sketchbooks are an indispensable tool across artistic disciplines. Capture your inspiration The sketchbook is the tool that every creative needs to give ideas a physical form. It doesn’t matter if these ideas come from a specific project you are working on, or if they are flashes of inspiration that you didn't see coming and that you simply need to jot down somewhere. The sketchbook can go anywhere with you, and it will be at your side in any situation and at any given time, ready to capture your ideas.

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  • Sketchbook: 5 Great Masters Who Sketched
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    Sketchbook: 5 Great Masters Who Sketched

    Leonardo Da Vinci, Rembrandt and Goya all sketched before their masterpieces Seeing them hung in art galleries around the world, it can seem that the most important paintings in the world came out of nowhere. However, the creative process is often far more important, the tests and mistakes, in creating something really great. Many of the greatest artists in history would take their sketchbooks everywhere, drawing whatever interested them. Behind every masterpiece, there is an entire life of practice. See in the video below five of the biggest artists who also sketched.

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