Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper

Overview

“At this stage I will compare the first drawing with the following steps to see if the illustration retains the same initial spirit.”

In this video lesson Alfredo Cáceres addresses the topic: Last thoughts, 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

“Final thoughts In this lesson I'd like to share some thoughts on the illustration process. The first and most important: How did we get here? How do we get to the end? And the answer is: with an idea. Ideas don't have to be well drawn. This is a big problem when I do workshops. Many people start adding details before they've formed a clear idea in their minds. It's very important to learn to draw ugly; and by ugly I mean simple, without details, just stating your intention on paper. What do I want to do? In this case, we had several ideas. We chose one and worked on it, giving it shape, col...”

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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