Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas
Playing a game of tennis with concepts
A course by Javirroyo , Illustrator
About the video: Playing a game of tennis with concepts
Overview
“Another way to find creative solutions to problems is a kind of tennis match. Play action-reaction. This is what we are going to do in this lesson; play a game of tennis with concepts, with questions that contain a problem and answers that bring us an unexpected solution.”
In this video lesson Javirroyo addresses the topic: Playing a game of tennis with 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
“Playing a game of tennis with concepts To evolve, what the human being has always done is solve the problems that have been raised. Since we were little, we played that. We play to try to avoid obstacles when we are walking and to be able to solve problems to grow, understand what our environment is and solve problems. What we will do is that I will pose you some problems, I will tell you as is, I'll explain them, I'll tell you: "This is the problem" and you are going to answer that problem with a drawn solution, but that solution should not be the classic solution. For example, if I drop s...”
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Course summary for: Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas
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Category
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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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