Illustration with a Social Purpose: Leave Your Artistic Mark
sketches
A course by Fatinha Ramos , illustrator
About the video: sketches
Overview
“After inspiration from research, brainstorming and the mood bard, I will start sketching ideas and developing the concept that I will choose to do in this course. ”
In this video lesson Fatinha Ramos addresses the topic: sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration with a Social Purpose: Leave Your Artistic Mark . Create conceptual illustrations that evoke a positive impact on the world by combining manual textures and digital tools in Photoshop .
Partial transcription of the video
“sketches In this class, we will make inspired sketches in the "brainstorming" and mood board classes. It's very important to know that when making an outline, it doesn't matter if it's beautiful, if it's perfect, for now, it is to draw the essentials of the concept. This is very important. As we've seen, there are three concepts I'd like to explore in this class. The idea of food, the idea of fish in bottles in the ocean and the idea of the placenta and the baby inside the belly. One of the important things before drawing a picture is to have a basic idea of the format in which we want to d...”
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Course summary for: Illustration with a Social Purpose: Leave Your Artistic Mark
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Fatinha Ramos
A course by Fatinha Ramos
After more than a decade working as a designer and art director, Portuguese-born Fatinha Ramos decided to make her old dream of becoming a full-time illustrator her reality. Through conceptual images filled with unique textures and a touch of surrealism, she connects with her audience by creating pieces with a social message that explore themes such as global warming, racism, and sexism.
She has collaborated with big names including MoMA, Google, The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and Amnesty International. Her work has also been recognized internationally by American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators NY, 3×3 Magazine, Communication Arts, World Illustrations Awards, Creative Quarterly, Global Illustration Awards, Cannes Lions, and more.
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