Sketchbook Illustration for Collecting Ideas

Create (how we will do it)

A course by Catalina Bu , Illustrator

97% positive reviews (241)

3,976 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Create (how we will do it)

Overview

“I will teach you how to make an illustration from start to finish, using your sketchbook as a sketch and research book, although you can also use the drawings you like the most from it for your final project.”

In this video lesson Catalina Bu addresses the topic: Create (how we will do it), 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

“Creating How We’ll Do It In this lesson we will specify our decisions and do our final illustration. I chose one of the pencils that we tested before on the paper and I will use it in my final format, which is an A3 format. I chose an A3 format because it's standard. Printer paper is cheaper, they print it anywhere. It also adapts to printing formats such as risograph, laser, etc. I’ll explain our printing options later. So this is the sketch we did previously when we chose the illustration theme. I did four elements to guide me, but now I'll do more, because I prefer too many than too few....”

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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.