Drawing and Collage for Editorial Illustration
Influences
A course by Samuel Castaño , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will tell you about some of my influences that I constantly return to when looking for inspiration for my work. Some painters, illustrators and artists who are important to me in the formation of my particular graphic universe. ”
In this video lesson Samuel Castaño addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing and Collage for Editorial Illustration. Learn how to conceptualize a written piece into an image filled with intricate detail by combining techniques and styles.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I will tell you about my influences, artists, painters and illustrators to which I constantly return as inspiration for my work. Although I think we ignore almost everything that influences us, I like to see ancient art a lot, especially that of Ancient Egypt, of which I admire his proportions, his way of using the two dimensions and its symbolic representation of reality. I want to show you a book that I consult regularly about traditional Japanese art and design, of whom I greatly admire his way of working with materials, the simple forms with which they work, ha...”
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Course summary for: Drawing and Collage for Editorial Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Collage, Digital Drawing, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Samuel Castaño
A course by Samuel Castaño
Samuel Castaño is an illustrator and graphic designer from Medellín. And despite having lived in other parts of the world, that is where he really finds the inspiration to create his works.
He began doing illustrations for magazines, newspapers and other media, but it was thanks to a self-publication called "Imperfections" that he made the leap into the publishing world. In recent years he has worked for publishers in Colombia, Mexico and Spain, such as Penguin RH, Alfaguara, Tragaluz, Juventud, Ekaré, SM, A buen paso, Castillo, Norma, among others.
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