Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

Overview

“Here I will tell you about the artists, writers and experiences that have influenced me as an illustrator.”

In this video lesson Alfredo Cáceres addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper. Learn the whole process of drawing and coloring narrative scenes from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In this lesson we'll look at my main influences. I'll start with a very important person in my life, the writer Italo Calvino. In an architecture presentation an extract was read from "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino. I searched for it and when I found it, I was amazed by Italo Calvino's imagination. His ability to build cities on one page and throw them out on the next. In "Invisible Cities" Marco Polo speaks to Kublai Khan, the emperor, and tells him about a thousand cities, and Kublai Khan complains that it's the same one described in a different way; and that may be true, ...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

• Level: Beginner
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• 6007 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 30m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Children's Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting