Sketchbook Illustration for Collecting Ideas

Make decisions (materials and format)

A course by Catalina Bu , Illustrator

97% positive reviews (241)

3,976 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Make decisions (materials and format)

Overview

“In this lesson, you will know the recurring materials in my workshop, I will show you how to try different pencils and papers, all always from the point of view of comfort, what best suits your line and style.”

In this video lesson Catalina Bu addresses the topic: Make decisions (materials and format), which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbook Illustration for Collecting Ideas. Learn how to create detailed illustrations by experimenting and revealing your ideas.

Partial transcription of the video

“Make Decisions: Materials and Formats THE WORST IS THE RESPONSE RESISTANCE In this lesson, I’ll show you the materials for the course, we will make some technical decisions, and I will show you which ones I choose, why I choose them, and how I select materials, from the paper to the pencils. So we will start with the first thing: the sketchbook and its style, which is the most difficult to choose because there are too many options. Honestly, at the beginning, I always bought this type since I saw lots of cartoonists use them and I copied them a bit, but after using it many times, I realized...”

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Course summary for: Sketchbook Illustration for Collecting Ideas

Level: Beginner
97% positive reviews (241)
3976 students
4 units
12 lessons (1h 45m)
6 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook

Catalina Bu

A course by Catalina Bu

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Illustrator

Catalina Bustos Mendoza, better known on social media as Catalina Bu, is a Chilean illustrator who is passionate about drawing and uses simple strokes to express big ideas and tell complex stories. She currently works as an illustrator for numerous publishers, brands and companies.

She has written four books (Diario de un Solo 1 and 2, Libro Libre and En Blanco) and co-authored another three (Gatos Gordos, Solo Necesito un perro and Un espacio vacío); her books have been translated to French and Portuguese. Her work also has been featured in individual and collective exhibits in Santiago de Chile, Madrid, Mexico City, Shanghai, New York and Bologna.