Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas
Connect concepts
A course by Javirroyo , Illustrator
About the video: Connect concepts
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn to connect ideas from a theme and a scheme or base drawing that I will propose. It will be like doing sit-ups in our creative gym with brain muscle. Everything will be very fast and very automatic. Have your stopwatch handy and try to do one every 4 minutes.”
In this video lesson Javirroyo addresses the topic: Connect concepts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas. Train your creativity by doing simple exercises and discover tools to tackle your next drawing project.
Partial transcription of the video
“Connect concepts So far we have analyzed what your motivation is, what are your concerns, analyzing what your capabilities and limitations are, we have worked that self-portrait and the time has come to connect ideas. To begin with, we will see how we walk with our brain refrigerator. Let's imagine new ideas from the union of different concepts and we will illustrate all the concepts. We will try to find different points of view. Ideas evolve throughout the ages, over time. It is something that in Germany they call "Zeitgeist", which means the spirit of the time and has a lot to do with it ...”
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Course summary for: Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas
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Areas
Creativity, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

Javirroyo
A course by Javirroyo
Javier Royo Espallargas, better known as Javirroyo, is an illustrator, designer, and professor who holds a fine arts degree from the University of the Basque Country. His specialty is taking complex ideas and boiling them down into simple yet thought-provoking illustrations bordering on the abstract. The aim of his work is to tell stories and discuss topics like death, sex, love, friendship, and topical issues. In 2020, he won the Gràffica Award, which every year recognizes the top ten creative professionals in Spain's visual culture.
In addition to running the illustration and design studio Chispum, he currently collaborates as an illustrator and cartoonist for El País, El Semanal, Visual, La Maleta de Portbou, Uppers, El Meteorito, and El Estafador. When he's not drawing, he's teaching others how to do so as a professor of illustration and design at the Open University of Catalonia, Eina, IDEP, and BAU. He is also a board member and the head of education at Foundawtion, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting and developing education and architecture in Africa. His latest published books include Martín Berasategui y David de Jorge, La Tortilla de Patatas, La Escuela, Grandes cócteles del mundo, Life is Sho, Homo Machus, and Laborachismo.
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