Drawing and Collage for Editorial Illustration
Documentation: The references
A course by Samuel Castaño , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Documentation: The references
Overview
“I will tell you about the importance and usefulness of observing and having references that begin to suggest ways to approach your project. You will look for graphic references from which you can borrow certain aspects to configure the personal identity of your illustration. ”
In this video lesson Samuel Castaño addresses the topic: Documentation: The references, 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
“Documentation: The referents In this lesson we will talk about the referents and the search for graphic material that will help us to develop our final project. The references can be used to draw a color palette, a type of composition or any inspiration that can help us. I am always collecting graphic material, Pictures, clippings from magazines, newspapers, things that I find, that, although I hardly ever know what I'm going to use them for specifically, accumulating them helps me to have a kind of bank or from a place that I can always return to to look for graphic material for my project...”
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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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