Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
Brainstorming
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi , Illustrator and Visual Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Brainstorming
Overview
“Let's think about who we are going to portray: what is he like, what is his personality, what are his tastes, what characterizes him. Let's think about our ties, the moments that we have shared. We are going to gather all these ideas on a paper and we will organize them little by little with the help of some tips that I will give you in the lesson. Our goal is to transform them into graphic symbols that we can represent in the illustration. The use of our intuition and our memories is important. Let's trust our subjectivity and emotions, this is the time to let go of the craziest ideas. As we progress through the project, we will refine the focus of our illustration. ”
In this video lesson Celeste Vargas Hoshi addresses the topic: Brainstorming, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style. Create a digital illustration in Photoshop based on a photograph, experimenting with a current and customized version of modernism.
Partial transcription of the video
“Brainstorming In this lesson, we’re going to brainstorm words that come to mind when we think of the person we’re going to depict, such as memories, objects, and sensations. Let's begin. We’ll start shaping our project by asking ourselves the most important question: Who are we depicting? Without a doubt, when we think of this person, a million ideas come to mind. So, where do we begin? What I do is make a long list of words that describe the person, and I arrange them in the following categories. Their values and qualities, which are the sensations or emotions we feel when we're with the p...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Portraits in Art Nouveau Style
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Fine Arts, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Celeste Vargas Hoshi
A course by Celeste Vargas Hoshi
Celeste Vargas is an illustrator with extensive experience in the editorial field. She has worked with renowned publishers like SM, Editorial Xilófono, and Estruendomudo, with which she published her last book Los Juguetes Perdidos de Hans Christian Andersen (The Lost Toys of Hans Christian Andersen).
She currently specializes in Art Nouveau and has introduced the style into her pieces with great mastery. The Nikkei people, feminism, and LGBTQI+ rights are all recurring themes in her work. Some of her pieces such as contemporary drawings, prints, and an art book have been exhibited in Peru, Mexico, and Japan
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