Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

“Before we say goodbye, we are going to review the key phases of the project. It would be great if you briefly explain what you have done in each one and accompany the explanation with one or more images. Ideas and history Look for the essential concepts of your project through self-provocation. Play with objects and words to find inspiration and stick with three key concepts that serve as a starting point to generate ideas and stories.

Graphic identity Look for the graphic identity of your project through a specific idea. Bring those concepts you have decided and apply them to the two-dimensional space of the book to create diverse and surprising compositions. Also decide what the story is going to be and how you are going to tell it. That is, choose the format to do it and make a storyboard. Characters Now comes the time to create the characters, both the protagonist or protagonists and the secondary ones. Clearly establish the psychology of your characters by giving them a part of you. You will also have to define how the protagonists relate to each other and what the space in which they will move will be like. In addition, plan the narrative of your project, defining the conflict that the protagonist will have and how he will resolve it. Cover The cover and first page of the book are key to attracting the reader's attention, so the next step is to sketch or think about what the front and back covers of your project will look like. Expressive possibilities and presentation format Finally, study the expressive possibilities of your project depending on who it is going to address, and consider different ways of formatting or presenting your project seeking maximum coherence, as we saw in Unit 5. Now share your final project with all of us by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result of your notebook and the steps that have led you to it. I am looking forward to seeing your project and giving you feedback. Although I ask you for your patience, I will try to access the forum as much as I can and what my professional projects allow me. Finally, I want to invite you to actively participate in the forum, not only sharing your progress, but also giving advice and trying to help the rest of the community. It sure is very enriching! See you on the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“We have now arrived at the conclusion of this Domestika course. I trust that I have assisted you in unlocking your creativity. Before parting ways. let's recap our journey. Initially. we explored the realm of illustration and creativity by focusing on three key concepts: identity. intention. and chance. We then experimented with objects. words. and photographs from our lives to spark inspiration. This led us to search for our graphic identity. grounded in a specific idea. Following this. determined the story we intended to convey. ensuring it was compelling and aligned with our creative vis...”

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Course summary for: Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 15 lessons (2h 17m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration