Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design
materials
A course by Diana Flores Blazquez , Scientific Illustrator
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: materials
Overview
“First I am going to teach you a little about graphite pencils and their hardnesses. This technique for sketching or drawing is the most comfortable there is, because graphite is sold not only as compressed bars, but as leads in pencils of various hardnesses. ”
In this video lesson Diana Flores Blazquez addresses the topic: materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design. Learn analog and digital techniques to design illustrated patterns with a protagonist: the beetle.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this unit. we will delve into all the materials that we will be working with throughout the course. Initially. i will provide an overview of graphite pencils and paper. followed by practical exercises you will apply various techniques covered during the semester. Graphite is a form of crystalline carbon encased in wood to create these writing instruments. The pencil you're most familiar with is the HB. the standard pencil. Now. i'll talk a bit about the hardnesses of pencils and the ones I use for work. In boxes. you'll typically find pencils ranging from 9H to 9B. and 9H being the harde...”
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Course summary for: Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design
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Digital Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Pattern Design, Traditional illustration
Diana Flores Blazquez
A course by Diana Flores Blazquez
Diana Flores Blázquez is a Mexican visual artist and illustrator who mainly works in digital scientific illustration. She graduated from a Master's degree in illustration five years ago and developed her brand project, which is inspired by nature and real species to create elements of decoration and design. Since then, she has been working with private clients, institutions, and companies looking to bring the natural sciences to a wide variety of visual and artistic outlets.
Her clients range from people interested in a particular species to institutions and research centers, as well as stores and design brands. Diana has worked with UNAM and UAM in Mexico, the University of Campeche, and with brands such as Pineda Covalín.
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