Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook
Possible routes
A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi , Illustrator, Author, and Designer
About the video: Possible routes
Overview
“Next, we are going to reflect on the following questions: is telling the story of a seed interesting? Why? Are there previous projects that talk about the subject? Are there any seeds that move scientifically? Why do you want to move?”
In this video lesson Raúl Nieto Guridi addresses the topic: Possible routes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook. Discover strategies to develop your graphic identity by learning to draw with words and to write with pictures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Possibilities In this lesson, we'll look into what a seed is, how it travels, and how it moves. We'll check for earlier projects about seeds, and whether ours is possible. Let's take a look. I'm not sure about how I'm going to approach this, so, first, I’ll think about what a seed is. I’ll check the definition. It's funny. It says it's a grain contained within the fruit of a plant. Given the right conditions, it germinates and a new plant of the same species grows from it. I think the second entry is really interesting too. “Source, beginning, or germ of anything, especially a feeling or so...”
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Course summary for: Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Raúl Nieto Guridi
A course by Raúl Nieto Guridi
Raúl Guridi is an illustrator, author, and designer specializing in the field of children's literature and poster design for cultural campaigns for theater, dance, and puppet theater. He studied painting in the fine arts department at the University of Seville.
Raúl has published more than 70 books which have been translated in many countries such as the United States, Italy, France, and Russia. His projects have earned him multiple awards including the 2015 Spanish National Prize for best picturebook for El Rebaño, honorable mention from the judges' panel at the Bologna Children's Book Fair for the picturebook Dos Caminos, the "Serra d'Or" Premio de la Crítica award for Un pèl a la sopa (2019), and the 2021 Premio Banco del libro de Venezuela for Cómo meter una ballena en una maleta.
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