Artistic Illustration Techniques with Graphite Pencils
Calm after the storm: application of techniques
A course by Ricardo Núñez Suarez , Illustrator
About the video: Calm after the storm: application of techniques
Overview
“We are ready! After a great brainstorm comes the time to relax by applying the techniques we learned in the previous lessons. ”
In this video lesson Ricardo Núñez Suarez addresses the topic: Calm after the storm: application of techniques, 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
“Calm after the storm. Application of techniques We already have our line in the final role and we will proceed to make the final illustration. Before starting to work on the clean sheet and so that we don't start walking in blind steps, I like to take the sketch and I like to make a few copies of it to apply the tones as I want them to look in the final illustration and it will be easier to work on clean paper without making mistakes. For me the final sketch is like a treasure, It is something that I like to keep and that is why I take the copies. With two or three copies they make is enoug...”
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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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