Design of Pictograms
Sketches
A course by Romualdo Faura , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Sketches
Overview
“Once I have clear several concepts that can help me to take pictures, I begin to sketch. The sketch helps us to know what shape our design will have and what elements it is composed of. Therefore it is not necessary that it be a perfect drawing or that it has excessive details. The more sketches you make, the better; more options we will have to choose the one that we will work on the computer. ”
In this video lesson Romualdo Faura addresses the topic: Sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design of Pictograms. Learn to create a series of pictograms, from the concept to the final design.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we'll begin sketching. We already possess the ideas extracted from our conceptual map. ideas will guide us in creating sketches effectively. And those ideas will guide us when doing the sketches. Before starting to draw. I want to tell you there are three ways to represent an idea. Uh... One way is through similarity. Let me provide an example that you'll grasp completely and easily. For instance. when tasked with creating the well-known symbol for ladies' restrooms. representing it through likeness involves drawing a realistic female figure that closely resembles the concep...”
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Course summary for: Design of Pictograms
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Design, Graphic Design, Signage Design
Romualdo Faura
A course by Romualdo Faura
Romualdo Faura is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Murcia, Spain. He works primarily on graphic design, illustration, pictogram and infographic projects for other studios and his own clients, within Spain and abroad.
He has collaborated with clients such as El País, Bloomberg Markets, Volta Charging, LittleCrowd, Elsevier, Fast Company, Yorokobu, Ling, and BBVA, and has taught at the Universidad de Monterrey, the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, the CEDIM, the Escuela Superior Internacional de Murcia and the Universidad de Istmo.
In his projects, he strives to use precise colors, flat geometric shapes, and minimal details: he believes simplicity is the key to responsible design.
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- Level: Beginner
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe Illustrator
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