Illustrated Ideas: Draw Your Inner Universe
From text to image
A course by 72kilos , Illustrator and Cartoon Artist
About the video: From text to image
Overview
“Now we are going to see how to generate visual ideas based on a text that we have already selected, either because we have worked on it, we have found it in a notebook or because it has been given to us by a friend or client.”
In this video lesson 72kilos addresses the topic: From text to image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Ideas: Draw Your Inner Universe . Combine texts and images to create comic strips that tell a simple, powerful and heartfelt story.
Partial transcription of the video
“From Text to Image THIS SKETCH HAS MANY FLAWS, BUT THE BIGGEST ONE IS SOLVED: WE’VE ALREADY STARTED IT. In this lesson, I'll show you how to translate the text we selected in previous lessons to an image that completes our final strip. When translating text to image, we have to lean on graphic elements we have on our mind. In my case, I've chosen elements that facilitated the task to translate those thoughts or that text to paper or to the iPad in a very simple way. And as you see, I've developed practically 90% of the elements I have in my head. It's the little people in shadow, to avoid a...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Ideas: Draw Your Inner Universe
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Instagram, Social Media, Traditional illustration
72kilos
A course by 72kilos
Óscar Alonso, better known as 72kilos, is an illustrator and cartoon artist. He uses his drawings to recount the events of his day-to-day life and share his inner universe with nearly two million followers on Instagram. Thanks to his inspiring illustrations, he has collaborated with big-name brands such as adidas, Amnesty International, and the Spanish Red Cross.
He also has thirteen years of experience working in creative advertising, where he developed the ability to quickly generate lots of new ideas and adapt them to contexts with limited time and space. This experience also gave him the skill set he needed to successfully launch and develop his career as an illustrator.
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