Illustration for Beginners: Find Your Own Method
A course by Daniel Roldan , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Learn to express ideas with your own visual language and turn your creative process into a play space
Want to learn to communicate through your creativity? Discover the secrets of visual language and the power it has to transmit ideas alongside illustrator and designer Daniel Roldán. Train your imagination and find your own work method through playing with everything around you.
In this course, learn how to manifest your ideas and discover concepts to unlock your mind and make it more flexible. Experiment with materials, patches of color, cuttings, and the meaning of shapes to conceptualize everything you want to express.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 27 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (114)
- 2,111 students
- 14 lessons (2h 7m)
- 27 additional resources (7 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Develop a sequence of six different illustrations based on one word, for example "love." Prepare them for posting on an Instagram carousel and in analog in the form of a fanzine.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to find their own visual language through experimenting with materials and anyone who wants to establish their own work method.
Requirements and materials
You don't need any prior knowledge of illustration to take this course, but it would be helpful to have basic notions of working with an editing program.
In terms of materials, any object that's capable of leaving a mark on a sheet of paper can be used as a tool, as well as pencils, markers, paintbrushes, printed paper, and scissors, etc.
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Daniel Roldan
A course by Daniel Roldan
Illustrator and graphic designer Daniel Roldán has more than 20 years' experience working for Diario Clarín, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in circulation, where he has participated in all the supplements and magazines produced by the publishing group. He has also collaborated with other media and cultural publications such as Orsai.
He is the founder of the subjects "Initial Illustration" and "Editorial Illustration" from the graphic design course at the University of Buenos Aires, where he is currently a professor.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Shapes lab
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Tool Factory 1
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Tool Factory 2
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Material that moves
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Stains and cuts
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The method above the result
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U3
Word Lab
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How to catch ideas
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Trace what you like
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Draw with your eyes closed
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Cut papers
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Represent concepts
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U4
Final details
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Design and typography
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Digital and analog application
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FP
Final project
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Illustration for Beginners: Find Your Own Method
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Domestika courses are online classes that allow you to learn new skills and create incredible projects. All our courses include the opportunity to share your work with other students and/or teachers, creating an active learning community. We offer different formats:
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I really enjoyed it. The focus of this course is on the process, not on the result. Makes you think outside the box and inspires to experiment with materials. A good option for those who feel stuck and want to expand the toolset and ways of getting new ideas.
Muy inspirador para abordar el uso de materiales y como se pueden abrir caminos personales con accidentes controlados. Buenas reflexiones y puntos de vista que invitan a probar y activar procesos. Muy bueno!!
Las lecciones son simples de realizar y siempre están apoyadas en ejemplos de artistas, lo que las hacen muy interesantes. Los ejercicios nos ayudan a superar la frustración a poder realizar nuestro trabajo. Aún así destaca la importancia de buscar nuestro propio camino creativo. Lo recomiendo!!!
Estoy muy contenta con el curso. El profesor nos muestra que ilustrar se aprende desla experimientación y nos enseña a explorar desde muchos ángulos, pruebas etc . Estoy amando el curso. ¡Felicitaciones al maestro! Un curso que definitivamente hay que comprar y vivirlo.
Bellissimo corso! Complimenti al docente