Illustration for Picture Books: Combine Digital and Analog Techniques
Concept sketches
A course by Maguma , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Concept sketches
Overview
“Now I am going to continue making sketches, but this time combining some of the drawings that I made in the previous lesson. I will do it with the aim of looking for different images applying the principles of visual communication.”
In this video lesson Maguma addresses the topic: Concept sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Picture Books: Combine Digital and Analog Techniques . Create the cover of an illustrated book using analog techniques like watercolors or India ink and Photoshop .
Partial transcription of the video
“Concept sketches In the previous lesson, I showed you how I make the first sketches. Now in this lesson I am going to continue working with sketches, gradually entering that other dimension that images have, which is the dimension of communicating. For this, I will continue playing with those essentials that I have used so far. But the idea now is to combine them, creating hybrids and making games that allow me to also play with fantasy, maybe change certain laws, change certain elements in order to build a narrative through images. What I do is combine all the basics I've worked with befor...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Picture Books: Combine Digital and Analog Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Design, Picturebook, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Maguma
A course by Maguma
Maguma is an architect by trade with a passion for drawing. He began working in illustration by collaborating with El País newspaper where he was a regular contributor. Since then, his illustrations have been published by major media outlets including Courrier International, Forbes, and Yorokobu.
His books have also seen widespread distribution by publishers like Fondo de Cultura Económica, Editorial Milrazones, Editorial Limonero, A buen paso, Editorial Amanuta, Gallucci Editore, Boitempo, Tara Books, and Libros del Zorro Rojo.
Maguma's work has earned him a long list of awards including first prize at the 2019 Babalunga International Contest, promoted by the Babakamo festival, and the Latin American Illustration 7 Award. His picture book El sueño de Pandora also earned honorary mention at the 4th edition of the International Compostela Awards.
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