Sketchbook Illustration for Collecting Ideas
Creating the sketchbook
A course by Catalina Bu , Illustrator
About the video: Creating the sketchbook
Overview
“You have already defined your format and understood how your ideas work. Now, you will learn how to start a thematic sketchbook that will help you deepen your interests and through it, you will make your final project. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Bu addresses the topic: Creating the sketchbook, 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
“In this lesson. we will fill our sketchbook with various objects from our image bank. My selection entirely random—I simply pick what catches my eye and resonates with me at that moment. Whether an intricate or a simpler design. i aim to maintain a balance between different levels of detail as I draw each also aiming to create a kind of visual weight in the image. I often play with scales too. For instance. sometimes I draw a chair much smaller than a cup. which is unrealistic. but I enjoy experimenting with them and their scales to compose my illustration. For my first piece. i'll choose a...”
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Course summary for: Sketchbook Illustration for Collecting Ideas
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook
Catalina Bu
A course by Catalina Bu
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.
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