Playful Illustration Techniques for a Visual Diary
Finishing touches
A course by Diego Bianki , Illustrator
About the video: Finishing touches
Overview
“We will verify that the work is well done and control the quality. It is part of the spirit of a good craftsman, of a good artist. Therefore, whenever we carry out a long task, it is good to let the work rest for a few hours to undertake the final review in detail. You will see here my process to review the work done from top to bottom and make the final touches that are needed to finish the created piece.”
In this video lesson Diego Bianki addresses the topic: Finishing touches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Illustration Techniques for a Visual Diary. Learn a creative approach to illustration using unconventional tools and techniques while exploring your style in a sketchbook .
Partial transcription of the video
“Finishing Touches Now, let’s recap everything we've seen. Remember that we started by altering the cover. On the first page, we suggested writing your initials or your full name. Then we modified the next page with a drawing, and we started to interact with the objects we collected on our journeys and walks. Now what we need to do is start marking the days when we’ve updated our visual logbook. So now, I'm going to mark the date, including the month, when we've worked on it. Meanwhile, I'll share with you that while I was finishing this double page where we repurposed fruit and vegetable la...”
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Course summary for: Playful Illustration Techniques for a Visual Diary
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Category
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Areas
Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Watercolor Painting

Diego Bianki
A course by Diego Bianki
Diego Bianki is an Argentine illustrator and founder of the publishing company Pequeño editor, which was named the best publisher in Latin America at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. He has authored books and written content for TV that has been translated into multiple languages and broadcast in countries like Germany, the United States, France, Belgium, Spain, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Italy, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Korea.
He also shares his passion with the world by organizing entertaining workshops and events for children and adults. On top of it all, he has written speeches and articles about editorial design, illustration, and editing, and his client lists includes major newspapers like La Vanguardia and Público from Spain and Clarín in Argentina.
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