Create an Infograph that will Make History
Illustration: Sketch
A course by Fernando Gomez Baptista , Illustrator and Infographic Artist
Joined April 2014
Joined April 2014
About the video: Illustration: Sketch
Overview
“Another way to solve plastically our graphic is through the illustration. Let's draw!”
In this video lesson Fernando Gomez Baptista addresses the topic: Illustration: Sketch, 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
“Illustration: Sketch In this lesson we will see other practical solutions, We have previously seen the possibility of making a sculpture and now what we're going to do is look for another type of solutions. I'm going to explain how to make an illustration Made with a pencil, but you can do it however you want, You can do it with a pen or with Illustrator. Basically what we are going to do is look for a position for our illustration, and I'm going to explain the phases of that illustration. Well, the first thing we're going to do is... select the posture for our Neanderthal, For that I usual...”
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Course summary for: Create an Infograph that will Make History
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Category
Design, Illustration -
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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