Illustration of Vectorial Caricatures

First steps

A course by Jorge Arévalo , Illustrator / designer

Illustrator / designer. Madrid, Spain.
Joined July 2016

Learn to create portraits of recognisable characters with an elegant style

  • Spanish with subtitles in English
  • 95% positive reviews (167)
  • 1861 students

About the video: First steps

Overview

“I'm going to tell you what my documentation work is like. Search for photos, how to choose the best gestures and how we should analyze the character so that his personality is reflected, irony, elegance ... the sexy touch. We will see how on paper begins to sketch the scene to go more secure to the computer.”

In this video lesson Jorge Arévalo addresses the topic: First steps, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration of Vectorial Caricatures. Learn to create portraits of recognisable characters with an elegant style.

Partial transcription of the video

“(music) Well, in this lesson, let's analyze the characters. Let's see Terry and Cara in depth, let's see what is most characteristic, the most important thing, what should be highlighted. Maybe there is also something to disguise from them to avoid falling into the clichés. Let's see it. Well, let's go with the characters. It is best to select photos, many. I do not like to select too many photos, sometimes they confuse. You can make a shake, you can see a little, then physiognomy, but if they are as recognizable as Cara Delevingne or Terry Richardson, I think two, three, four is enough. It...”

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Course summary for: Illustration of Vectorial Caricatures

  • Level: Intermediate
  • 95% positive reviews (167)
  • 1861 students
  • 5 units
  • 13 lessons (1h 33m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Character Design, Comic, Drawing

Jorge Arévalo

A course by Jorge Arévalo

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Illustrator / designer

Jorge Arévalo is an illustrator and graphic designer. Since the end of the 90s, his illustrations have been requested by important publications such as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, Telva, Rolling Stone, Esquire or Vanity, being of special mention his characters for the supplement The Moon of the newspaper El Mundo.

Throughout his career he has been awarded with a Gold medal, two Silver and several mentions in the International Awards of the SND (Society for News Design-USA) and in 2005 he published his first book, "Portraits", awarded with the National Award of Editorial Design Daniel Gil and the National Award of the AEPC.

Next he would publish "Bis", a book of erotic illustrations inspired by the collection "Cherchez la femme". "Retratos" and "Bis" are currently sold in bookstores around the world.

His next job challenge was to create the illustrations for the presentation of the new television channel Cuatro for which he also designed two animated films. Later, a series of illustrations for the clothing collections of the Custo Barcelona brand arrived. Along with Custo, he also decorated an MTV plane and ferries of the Barcelona-Ibiza line.

In 2014 his illustrations were included in the "Illustration now" compilation of the Taschen publishing house as well as in the compilation "Portraits" and "100 illustrators" where the 100 best active illustrators in the world are selected.

In 2015 he published "Portraits", a new book of almost 200 pages with new characters published in magazines such as Vanity Fair or The New Yorker. It was published in three languages and is currently distributed worldwide.


Spanish with subtitles in English
  • 95% positive reviews (167)
  • 1861 students
  • 13 lessons (1h 33m)
  • 9 additional resources (5 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese
  • Level: Intermediate
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Illustration of Vectorial Caricatures. Illustration course by Jorge Arévalo

Illustration of Vectorial Caricatures

A course by Jorge Arévalo
Illustrator / designer. Madrid, Spain.
Joined July 2016
  • 95% positive reviews (167)
  • 1861 students