Create an Infograph that will Make History
The different elements in computer
A course by Fernando Gomez Baptista , Illustrator and Infographic Artist
Joined April 2014
About the video: The different elements in computer
Overview
“It's time to pass our sketch to a computer.”
In this video lesson Fernando Gomez Baptista addresses the topic: The different elements in computer, which is part of the Domestika online course: Create an Infograph that will Make History. Learn the infograph techniques used by National Geographic.
Partial transcription of the video
“Main element to computer Now let's start improving our sketch, shall we? We have it on paper, done with pencil and paper, a simple sketch. There are times when sketches on paper are more complicated and we have to make several solutions, But in this case I think we have an idea, right? What we are going to do is work with the computer now. that life-size sketch. For this we will already have the texts with the font sizes that we need and we are going to take out… We are going to place the photo that we took of the small model and we will start distributing the secondary elements in our docu...”
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Course summary for: Create an Infograph that will Make History
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Infographics, Information Design, Photography Post-production, Sculpture

Fernando Gomez Baptista
A course by Fernando Gomez Baptista
Fernando Baptista is the infographics senior editor at National Geographic in Washington.
He studied fine arts at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU and began his career as a freelance illustrator and designer before becoming a staff member at the newspaper El Correo in 1993. In 2007, he joined the team at National Geographic Magazine in Washington DC. He has taught classes as an associate professor at the University of Navarra and has run conferences and workshops in Europe, the United States, and Latin America.
In 2012, he was named one of the five most influential infographic artists in the world during the last 20 years. He has won more than 125 awards from the likes of the SND, SPD, ÑH, Best American Infographic, and Malofiej, including the Peter Sullivan Award—the most prestigious award in infographics. In 2013, he was nominated for an Emmy for [i]Walking With Giants[i] in the category of New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle, Culture. His illustrations have also been displayed in museums and featured in books.
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