Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques
Humans and fabulous beings
A course by Jesús Cisneros , Drawing Artist, Illustrator, and Teacher
About the video: Humans and fabulous beings
Overview
“In this lesson we will practice with the human figure studying positions, first with a counted pencil and then cutting out silhouettes to create stencils. Here I will invite you to resort to fantasy to manufacture hybrid beings, halfway between human and animal, which will also be the result of the mixture of techniques.”
In this video lesson Jesús Cisneros addresses the topic: Humans and fabulous beings, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques. Spark your imagination and transform the experience of drawing into a source of inspiration and learning.
Partial transcription of the video
“Humans and Mythical Beings In this lesson, we’ll work with the human figure, and we’ll also work with mythical beings a little. We’ll work with the human figure, but not with the figure in detail. To do this, we’ll use symmetry, which will help us compose the overall figure easily. We’ll work with a 3B Conté pencil, a soft pencil that allows us to create a fairly black line, and we’re going to highlight the axis of symmetry with red. I’m going to work on the first figures using symmetry. Let’s think about the general shape of the figure. Remember the exercise on symmetry with paper cutouts,...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Artist's Notebook: Explore Illustration Techniques
-
Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creating with Kids, Creativity, Design, Fine Arts, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Jesús Cisneros
A course by Jesús Cisneros
Jesús Cisneros is a Spanish artist, illustrator, and teacher who has spent most of his career in Spain and several years in Mexico. As a drawing artist, he fills notebooks with his creations and then transforms them into graphic works of art and expositions, some of which have gone on display in Mexico City, Seoul, and Marseille. As an illustrator, he has published books in Spain, Mexico, Colombia, France, and the United Kingdom and has created illustrations for book covers, magazines, posters, and other related projects. He also travels the world sharing his knowledge in workshops and teaching courses for the International School of Illustration as part of the Štĕpán Zavřel Foundation in Sàrmede, Italy.
Over the course of his career, his work has been featured three times at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and recognized on numerous occasions including honorable mention at the biennial Ilustrarte exposition, the Honorable Mention Prize at Sharjah, the I colori del Sacro Award, and the Lazarillo Illustration Award.
- 99% positive reviews (449)
- 8,104 students
- 13 lessons (2h 11m)
- 18 additional resources (7 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
