Expressive Illustration Line by Line
Drawing in Real Size
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba , Illustrator, Writer, and Educator
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Drawing in Real Size
Overview
“In this lesson, I will teach you how to convert your compositions from sketch to life-size.”
In this video lesson Daniel Torrent Riba addresses the topic: Drawing in Real Size, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Illustration Line by Line. Create illustrated picturebooks for kids (and adults) with evocative scenes made using colored pencils and pastels.
Partial transcription of the video
“Drawing in real size In this lesson you will learn to start working at the final size. When we have the sketch and we want to change it to the size in which we will make the final illustration, we have two options. One, if we don't look very confident, we can work the composition on a sheet that will not serve us, on a sketch sheet. When we have it safe, we would go to a night table and we would trace the drawing we have prepared on the final paper. In this case, how will we try to enhance the most spontaneous aspects of the drawing, a looser line, we will try to make the drawing directly o...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration Line by Line
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Editorial Design, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Daniel Torrent Riba
A course by Daniel Torrent Riba
Dani Torrent is an illustrator, painter, and also a writer. He lives in Barcelona and has more than ten years' experience illustrating picture books, many of them self-authored. He studied film directing and that knowledge is reflected in the structure, pace, and composition of his creations, which embody the essence of a short film.
He has created illustrations for media outlets and advertising, but he is most well known for his creative work in the field of children’s and young adult literature. He has worked for Spanish publishing companies such as Edelvives, Kalandraka, Alfaguara, Cal.lígraf and Comanegra, but his artistic work has had a much greater impact on his career and led him to be a renowned illustrator. He has also published his work in France, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, China, Korea, and the United States.
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