Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow

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A course by Yoyo Nasty , Artist and Illustrator

Artist and Illustrator. Stockholm, Sweden.
Joined June 2021
100% positive reviews (77)
1,574 students
Audio: English
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About the final project for: Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow

Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow

“Congratulations, you have reached the end of this course. Thank you for joining me in this adventure. I hope this course has helped you find your personal creative flow and that now you feel inspired and creative! I challenge you to explore colour palettes and create intuitive compositions. Take this course as an opportunity to let your creativity flow! Create your own final project, let me show you an example of how I would like to see your project: Explore The World of Colour: Find your inspiration and passion. Explore colour! Let your creativity take the lead.

Experiment: Use your inspiration and experiment through painting from observation and imagination.
The Collage: Apply the collage technique, remember this is a playful methodology to get into an intuitive flow and find new ideas for creating lively compositions full of imagination.
Your Artwork: Transfer your collage sketch to the paper. Last, add some final details, to finish defining the atmosphere of the scene and finish up your final project.
Let yourself create an authentic, personal and characteristic expression, go further to develop your artistic style. Adding details can help you bring even more life and personality to your illustrations, besides, that way you can also have artistic illustrations filled with emotion. Interacting with a creative community and sharing your work could be very useful. You have an amazing opportunity here to share your work in this community. If you interact in the forum, you will find that you can learn a lot from each other. I think it makes it more fun, too. Use the Domestika forum! Please, don’t forget to share your final project, you have worked hard, let the world see your illustrations. Once again, thank you for being part of this course! It's been amazing. See you soon!”

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“Final Project Thank you so much for taking this course with me. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I hope you feel inspired and that it provided you with some helpful tools to unlock your creativity. Be confident to express yourself with your favorite colors in your own style. Remember to have fun with it. I encourage you to find your own illustrative style by continuing to practice and exploring as much as possible. You have an amazing opportunity to share your work in this community. If you interact in the Forum, you will find that you can learn so much from each other. I would recom...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (77)
  • 1574 students
  • 4 units
  • 14 lessons (2h 5m)
  • 3 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Artistic Drawing, Creativity, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Yoyo Nasty

Yoyo Nasty
A course by Yoyo Nasty

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Artist and Illustrator

Yoyo Nasty is a Swedish-born artist and illustrator. She wanted to be an artist before she even knew it was a career option, and she went on to study for a master’s degree in fine art at Konstfack University of Arts. From there, Yoyo started working full-time as an illustrator, selling her original artwork and creating commissions for clients.

She’s collaborated with international brands like Klarna and worked on the print design for H&M’s Zara Larsson collection. She has led both solo and group exhibitions in Stockholm and won numerous awards from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Yoyo has been featured in publications including Paper Magazine, and she shares her designs with over 14K followers on Instagram.


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Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow. Illustration course by Yoyo Nasty

Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow

A course by Yoyo Nasty
Artist and Illustrator. Stockholm, Sweden.
Joined June 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (77)
  • 1,574 students