Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils
Influences
A course by Ricardo Núñez Suarez , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“One day walking down the street, a book, a music video, an illustration, even a simple conversation can be part of my influences. Below, I will show you some of them and how they have changed over the years. ”
In this video lesson Ricardo Núñez Suarez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils. Expand the pencil's limits in editorial illustration and learn the process to tell stories through drawing.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Since you know a little more about me, Now I will tell you about the influences. I find the subject of influences very interesting because it's not something that stays there, It is something that changes as my work evolves. Maybe what I liked a few years ago today I don't like anymore, but that does not mean that the artist is bad. What it means is that I'm already looking in other directions. When my mom realized that I really liked animals, at that time "Animals. Great illustrated encyclopedia" came out. She bought me a magazine every week and what I liked most about the magaz...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Ricardo Núñez Suarez
A course by Ricardo Núñez Suarez
Ricardo Suárez is a freelance illustrator from Colombia. Although he has illustrated his entire life, it wasn’t until he was thirty years old that it became his career. He left his Graphic Design job for advertising agencies in Australia to go back to Colombia and achieve his dream of becoming an illustrator. He took part in many exhibitions in Brazil, Colombia, England, and Cuba; He also obtained a grant to do a Master’s in Illustration, in the United States.
His biggest influence when illustrating is life itself, filled with stories, landscapes, and adventures that deserve to be illustrated in pencil, his favorite tool.
His work has been recognized by Latin American Illustration, American Illustration, Applied Arts Students Awards, Creative Quarterly, 3x3 Magazine, Manifest Gallery in the United States, HiiiBrand in China, Australian Centre for Moving Image, among others.
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