Artist's Sketchbook for Illustration Projects
Poses and actions 1
A course by Aleix Gordo Hostau , Illustrator
About the video: Poses and actions 1
Overview
“We want our character to have a certain action in the illustration based on the composition that we have proposed, so we will try several poses at a sketch level.”
In this video lesson Aleix Gordo Hostau addresses the topic: Poses and actions 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artist's Sketchbook for Illustration Projects. Document your creative process to the final sketch and use your sketchbook as a personal archive.
Partial transcription of the video
“Poses and actions In this lesson we will see what posture, what action we give the character that we are going to generate. From the mood board that we generate we will see what possibilities we have. This man who makes an effort to advance and so on, It looks like it will be loaded with a backpack or a bale or with something that costs you. I have to think if this pose is with a long stick or a short one, with one or two hands, in profile or not, or three quarters. Well, let's see what comes out. So as not to start a sketch that we may not like, for things that are more general like a full...”
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Course summary for: Artist's Sketchbook for Illustration Projects
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

Aleix Gordo Hostau
A course by Aleix Gordo Hostau
Aleix lives in Barcelona and has always drawn. He began his career as a professional illustrator drawing for children's and young people's books and making covers for publishing houses. Since then, he has worked for the press, advertising agencies, and several international companies from various sectors, such as Porsche, Seat, Nike, Adidas, Converse, Intel, or Amazon.
Nowadays, he focuses his work in the field of painting and illustration, muralism, urban art, graphic design, and his own licensing brand.
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