Creative Sketchbooks for Illustration Projects
The Art of Assembling 1
A course by Manuel Vargas , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: The Art of Assembling 1
Overview
“In this lesson we will do a digital assembly; We are going to take all those elements that we have scanned and we are going to incorporate them into our illustration pieces. We will see how to make simple color and shape adjustments (seen in the previous lesson) in Photoshop until you get the last details.”
In this video lesson Manuel Vargas addresses the topic: The Art of Assembling 1, 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
“The Art of Assembling In this lesson I will teach you how to create our format in Photoshop and you will see how I will select each one of the elements that we have digitized to assemble it into a format and start composing our illustration project. I will also teach you little tricks that will help you give it the character of graphic illustration that we are looking for. Whether it's texture, color, image overlay, that will allow you to develop a graphic language that then we can implement it in our pieces illustration that we will be doing. Once we have drawn, you already digitized, clea...”
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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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