Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations
Influences
A course by Álvaro Cardozo W , Digital Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about how art found its way to influence and guide my passion for images, about how it went from being a simple hobby to a professional career. I will tell you about artists who have been crucial for my personal and professional evolution and the impact that my environment had when establishing illustration as my profession.”
In this video lesson Álvaro Cardozo W addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations. Learn how to create digital illustrations applying concepts and tools from the film industry.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Let's see how art insisted on crossing my path, becoming my passion. "THE MEDICAL FUTURE" It is difficult to talk about influences because I was not the typical one who went to museums or that he had artist or architect parents. In my case, I was going to be a doctor. My supplies at hand were anatomy books that my mom had saved for me since high school. And despite everything, this helped me because it had illustrations and diagrams, for me they were very beautiful, they had textures, they had colors and they were very striking, what I liked was seeing the images, seeing the body...”
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Course summary for: Visual Narrative for Captivating Illustrations
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Narrative, Traditional illustration
Álvaro Cardozo W
A course by Álvaro Cardozo W
Álvaro Cardozo is an illustrator from Bogotá, Colombia who invested his time and effort into becoming a digital illustrator, despite initially studying graphic design. After successfully carrying out his first illustration project at university, he was contracted by an animation studio to join their production team, designing scenes, characters, props, and storyboards, until he was eventually promoted to an Art Director position.
He began his freelance career in 2014. Since then, he has worked with advertising agencies, production studios, video game studios, and authors on a range of international projects. His client portfolio includes video game and animation studios like Skew Studio in the UK, Oruga Touching Dreams, and Autobotika, as well as editorial work for Penguin Random House and independent writers. All of his work can be found on his website.
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