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
“Pencils and Paper for Dry Media In this unit, we'll talk about the materials we'll use. First, I'll tell you about graphite pencil and paper and then, we'll do some exercises with the different techniques we'll use. Graphite is a type of carbon crystal that's covered with a layer of wood to make these pencils. The pencil we usually use is HB, the common pencil. Now, I'll tell you about the different hardnesses you'll find and the ones I use. In boxes, pencils usually come from 9H to 9B. 9B stands for "black" and 9H stands for "hard." The hardest pencil is 9H and the softest is 9B. I usually...”
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Course summary for: Scientific Illustration for Pattern Design
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Category
Design, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
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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