Introduction to Picturebook Creation
Let's get to know the materials
A course by Ricard López Iglesias , Painter and illustrator
About the video: Let's get to know the materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will make a brief presentation of all the materials that we will use to carry out our picture book project. The materials will be: watercolor paper, brushes, palette, rags, container with water, any pictorial material that can be diluted with water (watercolor, gouache , India ink, watercolor graphite ...), a notebook or sketch paper, pencils, eraser and pencil sharpener, a computer with Photoshop, a graphics tablet, and a scanner or camera.”
In this video lesson Ricard López Iglesias addresses the topic: Let's get to know the materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Picturebook Creation. Learn how to combine illustration with text to create unique stories by applying manual and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's get to know the materials In this lesson I will teach you the materials that you will use in the course. First we have the sketchbook. I like to use a DIN A4 size because when I open it, I have a DIN A3 and I love working with large formats, although it is not essential that it be of this size. The next thing you will need are some pencils, eraser and sketching machine. Then the watercolor paper. In my case I use this one from the Arches brand of 300 grams. It is very important that the weight is at least 300 grams, since when you wet it, it will ripple and the process of digitizing i...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Picturebook Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Ricard López Iglesias
A course by Ricard López Iglesias
Ricard—aka Ricardilus—López’s passion for drawing started when he was three years old, always surrounded by pencils, paints, and sketchbooks, although his vocational calling for illustration started at the age of sixteen when he began his art studies.
He started with Fine Art studies for one year, which he later changed for Higher Level studies in Animation and 3D at EASD Pau Gargallo, in Barcelona, Spain, as he always loved the idea of bringing his drawings to life. During that time, he also took several illustration courses and completed his studies with a short animated film (La Folie), for which he was selected and rewarded by many renowned competitions. He then studied Graphic Arts at the Escuela Joso in Barcelona and graduated in 2017. Currently, he devotes all his professional energy into illustration, alternating many different types of projects that all relate to art in some shape or form.
His illustrations are usually based on the female figure, although he strongly believes that a good illustrator should never stay within a particular style, and is always looking for new areas and techniques to learn and include in his work. This has secured a long list of major clients for Ricard, including Penguin Random House, Planeta, TSL Jewellery (Hong Kong), Joyería Suárez, SofarSounds, or the National Art Museum of Cataluña (MNAC), in Barcelona, Spain.
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