Create an Infograph that will Make History
Outline of the secondary element
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
- 99% positive reviews (321)
- 4855 students
Joined April 2014
About the video: Outline of the secondary element
Overview
“There are many secondary elements that we can perform, in this case I will pay special attention to one of them, and apply a technique that works very well for me.”
In this video lesson Fernando Gomez Baptista addresses the topic: Outline of the secondary element, 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
“[Music] We have already started with the computer and we have the design [Inaudible] of the graphic with the secondary elements, the amount of text, and what we're going to do now, let's start doing in more detail the secondary elements, right? For this I am going to teach you to do one of them. I think the detail of the skull is interesting. So, what's done is, when I've documented, I've searched for different reconstructions of the Neandertals, I've found a profile and what I'm going to do is to show what was the profile of a Neanderthal and how is the skull of a Neanderthal and I will co...”
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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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