Creative Sketchbooks for Illustration Projects
Steal a drawing
A course by Manuel Vargas , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Steal a drawing
Overview
“Starting from a photographic or pictorial image, we will carry out a small observation exercise and try to copy what we are seeing in our own way. The idea is to copy, but leaving room to change some things.”
In this video lesson Manuel Vargas addresses the topic: Steal a drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Sketchbooks for Illustration Projects. Explore creative techniques and use a sketchbook as a reference for your digital illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Steal a drawing As we saw in past lessons, it is very difficult to create something without influence. Influences are very important and we all have references in different disciplines. In this lesson, what we are going to see is how, taking as a reference, the work of an artist as a starting point, we can develop our own character as an illustrator, by incorporating certain elements of our own style. If you ask us where we get ideas from, the most sensible thing we can say is that we stole them. I particularly, within my process I live stealing things from all over the world, I live seeing...”
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Course summary for: Creative Sketchbooks for Illustration Projects
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Creativity, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Sketchbook, Sketching
Manuel Vargas
A course by Manuel Vargas
Manuel Vargas grew up in a very small town in Venezuela, where popular culture includes fantastic stories of nature. His youth inspires his work, where the jungle, animals, and mystery are recurring themes.
After earning a degree in Design, Manuel’s career quickly turned to creative direction and illustration. As an illustrator, he has collaborated on a variety of projects including magazines, books and book covers, and other unique pieces for brands and events. He is the co-founder of a design studio called OCHODÍAS. His work has been seen in galleries and exhibitions throughout Europe and America.
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