Carved Stamps for Illustrated Compositions
Choosing a Motif
A course by Viktoria Åström , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Choosing a Motif
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share with you how I find inspiration for my work and choose the motif for my course project.”
In this video lesson Viktoria Åström addresses the topic: Choosing a Motif, which is part of the Domestika online course: Carved Stamps for Illustrated Compositions. Learn how to carve a collection of handmade rubber stamps to print multiple compositions, from an illustration to simpler motifs or patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Choosing a Motif In this lesson, we'll see where I find my inspiration and how I design the final motif. When I'm trying to find inspiration, I often turn to nature. I have lots of birds on my Instagram. I love birds, I love carving and drawing them. For my final motif for this course, I thought it would be nice to do a bird. I have a lot of birds in my collection that I've carved earlier. I looked a bit on this and I thought it would be nice to make a bird and some chicks too. I was looking at this one. It's one of the carvings that I've created. It's a bit more complicated. I was thinki...”
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Course summary for: Carved Stamps for Illustrated Compositions
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fine Arts, Printing, Traditional illustration
Viktoria Åström
A course by Viktoria Åström
Viktoria Åström is a freelance artist, illustrator, and animator based just outside of Gothenburg, Sweden. She studied computer science at Lund University, and later went on to study design for interactive media at Middlesex University.
As an artist, she does a lot of her work by hand with everything from watercolors, ink illustrations, and prints with carving rubber. She runs her own web shop on Etsy where she sells her work, and does illustrative and 2D animation work for clients. She has also worked as an art director for clients like Volvo, SCA, Wellspect, and Trelleborg AB.
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