Create an Infograph that will Make History
Shading
A course by Fernando Gomez Baptista , Illustrator and Infographic Artist
Joined April 2014
Joined April 2014
About the video: Shading
Overview
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In this video lesson Fernando Gomez Baptista addresses the topic: Shading, 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
“Secondary elements We have already started to assemble our graph with the computer. We have… put the text. Let's start placing the secondary elements. And, well, we have already placed the sketch of our future sculpture and we are already beginning to know what it is the exact distribution of each part, right? And what we can start doing is… detail the secondary elements, right? We also made a photomontage of how the explanation about the skull will be and the face of the Neanderthals, and one of the techniques that I usually use is, use the advantages that the computer allows you and the w...”
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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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