Drawing and Collage for Editorial Illustration
Pencil and paper
A course by Samuel Castaño , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Pencil and paper
Overview
“I will show you the use of some materials, especially pencil and paper. You will test pencils of different hardnesses on some papers, in addition, I will tell you about their characteristics and appropriate ways to use them for each purpose within the drawing.”
In this video lesson Samuel Castaño addresses the topic: Pencil and paper, 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
“Pencil and paper In this lesson, I will tell you about the pencil and paper, what are the main materials we use and that we will use to make the composition, the final image. Paper is a substrate, a material that is itself delicate. The papers have two sides and the drawing on each side is different. It is not a straitjacket by which side it is drawn or how it is done, each one is finding in their process. The sketching process we did before is very important, because not manipulating our paper a lot when we draw makes the drawing much cleaner, let the paper be mistreated less and that we c...”
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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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