Using Your Sketchbook as an Idea Lab
Presentation
A course by Joan X. Vázquez , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“Hi! I am Joan Xavier Vázquez, I live in the city of Xalapa, Mexico and I dedicate myself to illustration and graphic design, I am a teacher and I really enjoy managing cultural projects. In this lesson, I will tell you about my training, experiences and what has motivated me in my career. ”
In this video lesson Joan X. Vázquez addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Using Your Sketchbook as an Idea Lab. Learn how to use memory, abstract language, and wit to experiment and expand your visual vocabulary.
Partial transcription of the video
“WHO I AM? Welcome to this course. I am Joan Xavier Vázquez and I am dedicated to illustration, to teaching and management of cultural projects. I am originally from Jalapa, Veracruz. It's a small city that stands out for the cultural environment that exists there. Being born in Jalapa marked me a lot because I was able to have contact with various cultural manifestations. They gave me my first books and in these I observe how was the relationship between the images, the texts, how some characters were built, some images that were evocative and so on. Of my favorite childhood books, they wer...”
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Course summary for: Using Your Sketchbook as an Idea Lab
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook
Joan X. Vázquez
A course by Joan X. Vázquez
Joan Xavier Vázquez keeps a record in his sketchbooks of everything he observes, using them to understand and go deeper into complex subjects such as his emotions and thoughts. The illustrator, graphic designer, and teacher organizes workshops in his studio, Lapis, where he shares creative processes, generates questions, and diversifies perspectives.
Currently, he creates conceptual illustrations for magazines and books, as well as for for social and cultural projects.
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