Creative Journaling for Illustration
Lose the fear of the blank page: how I get inspired 1
A course by Matías Prado , Ilustrator
About the video: Lose the fear of the blank page: how I get inspired 1
Overview
“You will learn some ways to deal with the fear that a blank page causes. I will also share with you some ways in which I manage to unlock creativity.”
In this video lesson Matías Prado addresses the topic: Lose the fear of the blank page: how I get inspired 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Journaling for Illustration . Learn to create original, vibrant illustrations from the experiences, notes, and sketches in your journal.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lose the fear of the blank page: how I get inspired In this lesson I will teach you to lose your fear of the blank page. Generally we are always very scared in the first pages because we feel very frustrated and we have high expectations with our notebook. I am going to recommend you start with some exercises to be able to relax and begin to lose fear. For this exercise I am going to use an A5 format notebook, which is 13 x 21. It is a notebook that suits me quite a bit because I can take it anywhere. I'm going to use the one I showed you earlier. It is a grammage of 80 to 140 and I will be...”
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Course summary for: Creative Journaling for Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Matías Prado
A course by Matías Prado
Matías Prado is a freelance illustrator who creates from his workshop in Santiago de Chile, collaborating with a variety of brands on diverse projects. He loves putting all his ideas down on paper, more specifically in sketchbooks, because they give him the creative freedom to unabashedly explore his imagination.
He's built a successful career in illustrated advertising by working with big-name brands such as Adidas, Vans, GMO, Faber-Castell, Peugeot, and more. He has participated in exhibitions and displayed his illustrations in cities around the world, including Santiago de Chile, Madrid, Barcelona, Bologna, and Buenos Aires. In 2018, he published his first children's book De Cuento en Cuento with the company Amanuta.
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