Design of Pictograms
Retouching
A course by Romualdo Faura , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Learn to create a series of pictograms, from the concept to the final design
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 95% positive reviews (95)
- 1868 students
About the video: Retouching
Overview
“I give some final touches to the series of pictograms so that they all have the same style. A system of pictograms is like a typeface, so we will have to adjust the features of each pictogram (each character) so that we can visually recognize them as part of the same set. If, for example, I decide that my pictograms have blunt corners or a line of 1 thickness module, I will apply that feature to everyone.”
In this video lesson Romualdo Faura addresses the topic: Retouching, 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
“[Music] In this lesson what we are going to do is the last adjustments to the pictograms, the three that I have already done so that all have the same style and is coherent strokes and so on. [Music] The arms in the first pictogram, I noticed doing ... When I was doing the second that I was too short in this first pictogram. What I'm going to do next is to extend the arms and since I'm going to lengthen them, I'm going to upload these lines of degradation, here I'm going to replace the hands for I'm going to break them too, my hands so that perceives better the pictogram. [Music] So somehow...”
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Course summary for: Design of Pictograms
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Category
Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Design, Graphic Design, Icon Design, Pictogram Design, Signage Design
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.
- 95% positive reviews (95)
- 1868 students
- 13 lessons (1h 15m)
- 19 additional resources (9 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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