Doodle-Style Vector Illustration
Building our list
A course by Mauro Martins , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Building our list
Overview
“In this step, we will start to mix and refine some ideas from our brainstorming in order to arrive at more elaborate and narrative ideas. We will also choose the final list of elements to be included in our composition. The mixing of elements of brainstorming is an almost infinite combinatorial analysis process, but it can generate many interesting ideas! ”
In this video lesson Mauro Martins addresses the topic: Building our list, which is part of the Domestika online course: Doodle-Style Vector Illustration. Learn how to create a composition that combines different elements, from the first sketches to the post-production.
Partial transcription of the video
“Unit 2 - Lesson 2 BUILDING OUR LIST Now we'll take the elements that we generated in brainstorming, and turn them into the final ideas of our illustration. In this step, a technique that I like to use is to try to combine the elements of the list randomly. Pick an element and try to combine it with all other elements on the list. Pick another one and do the same. It will probably not make sense when you combine them, but every now and then it will spark some interesting ideas. It is an exercise in combinatorial analysis, to come up with interesting ideas. I'll show you how it works. I use a...”
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Course summary for: Doodle-Style Vector Illustration
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Mauro Martins
A course by Mauro Martins
After graduating in Graphic Design at UnB, Mauro Martins worked as an art director in major advertising agencies for more than 13 years, where he accumulated numerous national and international awards. At the last agency he worked for, CP + B in Boulder, Colorado, he worked with clients such as Kraft, Best Buy, and Infiniti.
He currently works as a freelance illustrator, focused on his auteur work. His work has been the image of brands such as Absolut, Domino’s, Amarula, or ESPN. His work has been published in numerous magazines, books, and websites around the world. He has won several awards, including the 6th AI-A International Latin American Illustration Contest, the Spoleto chain's national dish design contest, and Google's Nest illustration contest.
Mauro was recently listed as one of the 200 best illustrators in the world by the highly esteemed Austrian publisher Lürzer’s Archive.
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