Create an Infograph that will Make History
Sketch in plasticine
A course by Fernando Gomez Baptista , Illustrator and Infographic Artist
Joined April 2014
Learn the infograph techniques used by National Geographic
- Spanish with subtitles in English
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- 4855 students
About the video: Sketch in plasticine
Overview
“Plasticine often serves to better understand the position of our elements and to determine the light.”
In this video lesson Fernando Gomez Baptista addresses the topic: Sketch in plasticine, 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
“Well, I'm going to tell you that when I sculpt what materials use, the truth is that I am a little anarchic with the materials, I can sculpt the same with mud, the mud traditional, now I have discovered this material, well a few years ago I have super sculpey which is a kind of synthetic putty that works very well and the advantage it has is that allows you to bake it in the oven 15 minutes and it stays hard, the you can carve, then the things I usually use are different tools, well the one I use the most almost sure is the cutter, I use it a lot to how good these tools are of dentists beca...”
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Course summary for: Create an Infograph that will Make History
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Category
Design, Illustration -
Areas
Digital Fabrication, Drawing, Infographics, Information Design, Photography Post-production, Sculpture
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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- Level: Intermediate
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