Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas
To break the rules
A course by Javirroyo , Illustrator
About the video: To break the rules
Overview
“This lesson has a lot to do with the meaning of philosophy. Or, what is the same, how to question absolutely everything; how to use the question "Why not?" in the face of structures that are currently immovable. We are going to rethink the rules, to move things so that others emerge that remain covered. Let's "think outside the box." Think out the box!”
In this video lesson Javirroyo addresses the topic: To break the rules, 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
“To break the rules In this lesson we will break the rules. We will ask ourselves that question that philosophy asks why, why, why to everything that surrounds us and what is currently working. The big question we will ask ourselves is: why not? Why not change this to this other form? Why not do this this way? We will try to fight the structures that we have both mental and physical, against running of the things we usually know. And for this we will go one step further, we will go up one notch compared to the previous year. In the previous exercise, when we were playing tennis, I asked you ...”
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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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