Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials
Gyotaku and squid ink
A course by Adolfo Serra , Illustrator
About the video: Gyotaku and squid ink
Overview
“Now I'm going to teach you a legendary Japanese engraving technique that you can practice in the quiet of your kitchen. ”
In this video lesson Adolfo Serra addresses the topic: Gyotaku and squid ink, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials. Awaken your creativity with everyday items, from coffee to feathers or an apple, and create illustrations freely and without judgment..
Partial transcription of the video
“Gyotaku and Squid Ink In this lesson, I’ll explain an ancient Japanese printing technique called Gyotaku. While investigating unconventional technical materials, I found this stamping technique that was used when fishermen caught big fish as a way to document them and keep an artistic record of the fish they’d caught. They painted on them with squid or cuttlefish ink and stamped it onto rice paper. I thought it was such a unique technique that makes you think in new ways and it’s also fun because, in my case, I’d never paused for so long to see how a fish works. What its body is like, its f...”
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Course summary for: Creative Illustration: Play with Unexpected Materials
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Creativity, Fine Arts, Painting, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Adolfo Serra
A course by Adolfo Serra
Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980) studied Advertising and Public Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid, but it wasn't long before he decided to follow his childhood passion for drawing by reconnecting with pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10 in Madrid. Since then he's been no stranger to colors, papers, textures, and stories.
He loves to experiment with techniques, play with materials, and, above all, tell stories with his art. He considers himself a trailblazer of blank pages who maps uncharted territory with illustrations for children and young adults.
His illustrations have been featured at the Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (Slovakia), Sharjah Children's Book Fair (United Arab Emirates), Ibero-American Illustration Contest (Mexico), CJ Picture Book Awards (Korea), and the International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children in Sàrmede (Italy).
His wordless version of Little Red Riding Hood has been published in Spain, Germany, France, and Mexico, and has won numerous awards. He also won the 19th A la Orilla del Viento Award for illustrated album from the Fondo de Cultura Económica.
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