Creative Sketchbooking: Explore and Play with Illustration
Colors and more colors
A course by Alejandra Acosta , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Colors and more colors
Overview
“Next, I will talk about the importance of color in an illustration and I will show you some examples of criteria that you can use when working on an image.”
In this video lesson Alejandra Acosta addresses the topic: Colors and more colors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Sketchbooking: Explore and Play with Illustration. Create a professional, illustrated idea log and discover your artistic vision through playful exploration and creative exercises.
Partial transcription of the video
“Colors and more colors Now I will talk about the importance of color in illustration. There are three criteria for choosing a color: the aesthetic, the realistic and the symbolic. I am going to start by explaining the aesthetic criteria, which is the one I chose to work on my project. In this book, "Wild Verses", we work with aesthetic criteria and with a very limited palette. There are only a few colors that make up his illustrations and those colors are combined in the same way that we combine colors when we were painting the still lifes. If you notice, the skins are a very deep pink, the...”
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Course summary for: Creative Sketchbooking: Explore and Play with Illustration
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Colored Pencil Drawing, Creativity, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Watercolor Painting
Alejandra Acosta
A course by Alejandra Acosta
Alejandra Acosta is a Chilean illustrator known for her undaunted exploration of visual techniques and languages in her art and the books she illustrates. After earning a degree in graphic design, Alejandra spent several years working as an art director before deciding to pursue her passion for illustration full time.
With more than a decade of experience, she's found success as a professional illustrator and has an extensive portfolio showcasing her diverse illustration styles. She has collaborated with many of the big names in publishing including Jekyll & Jill, Zorro Rojo, Barbara Fiore, Amanuta, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Sexto Piso, Carthusia, Loqueleo, Planeta, and Random House.
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