Expressive Illustration of Urban Characters

About Me

A course by Raúl Allén , Illustrator and Comic Artist

100% positive reviews (42)

831 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: About Me

Overview

“In this lesson, I'm going to show you some of my most important works and explain the search I've had to do over the years to get to them.”

In this video lesson Raúl Allén addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Illustration of Urban Characters. Discover how to draw urban characters using reference materials while exploring and developing your own personal style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Presentation Hi, I'm Raúl Allen, I'm a comic book artist, illustrator and music video director. I studied Fine Arts in Salamanca where I was able to experience with all kinds of techniques and disciplines. I realized that I loved having just a pencil and a notebook. Telling stories led me to study Illustration and Design in Boston. There I learned the profession of illustrator. I was always interested in American culture and the world of comics. I really liked having the contrast between the experimentation in Salamanca and then something more structured in the United States, the step by st...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration of Urban Characters

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (42)
831 students
5 units
18 lessons (3h 56m)
11 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Procreate
Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Raúl Allén

A course by Raúl Allén

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Illustrator and Comic Artist

Raúl Allen is an illustrator and comic artist from Valladolid, Spain, with a long-standing career in the industry. He studied fine art in Salamanca and later moved to Boston where he specialized in illustration and design. Raúl has worked on comics starring iconic characters such as Wonder Woman, Secret Avengers, Hawkeye, Immortal Iron Fist, and with writers including Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Warren Ellis, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Vita Ayala, and Robert Venditti.

He has also collaborated with big names like Marvel, DC, Valiant, and Boom; on publications like The New York Times, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Billboard Magazine; as well as adidas, Tiempo BBDO, CHINA, Vitruvio Leo Burnett, and many more in the advertising sector.