Realistic Portraits with Pen
Influences
A course by Joaquín Rodríguez , Graphic artist
Joined February 2015
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will review the main influences that have helped me to generate my own way of drawing and language.”
In this video lesson Joaquín Rodríguez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Portraits with Pen. Learn how to draw creative portraits by combining hyperrealistic and abstract elements.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, we will look at some of my main influences and of the references that have marked me the most. We will see examples of some great artists, like Shohei Otomo or Alex Trochut. Let's see. The first of the artists with whom I wanted to start this series He is one of the ones that influenced me the most. He comes from Japan, his name is Shohei Otomo, he works with a ballpoint pen mainly I was already impressed for two reasons: for the issues it deals with, traditional Japan somehow transgressed by contemporary popular culture and makes drawings that are wildly iconic. ...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Portraits with Pen
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration

Joaquín Rodríguez
A course by Joaquín Rodríguez
Graphic artist Joaquín Rodríguez has a degree in architecture, but found his true calling in drawing. Using a pen as his main creative tool, his work mostly combines abstract geometric figures with cyberpunk culture.
He has collaborated with the La Fiambrera gallery in Madrid and with Spanish magazines like Jaleo and Yorokobu. He has also participated in solo and group exhibitions in several galleries throughout Europe.
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