Expressive Illustration of Urban Characters
Straight Lines and Curved Lines
A course by Raúl Allén , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Straight Lines and Curved Lines
Overview
“In this lesson, you will work with different constraints separately. First, you will only use straight lines, then only curved lines, and finally, the combination of both. The idea is that you gradually integrate them and in the end it will be easy and organic for you to use this technique in your course project.”
In this video lesson Raúl Allén addresses the topic: Straight Lines and Curved Lines, 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
“Straight lines and curved lines In this lesson we will work with a series of limits. We will do a series of exercises using first only straight line, then curved lines and then combining straight and curved lines. I've changed my tool to a watercolor fillable brush to let the line flow much more. At the same time I have left here a bit of paper to avoid possible accidents and it is always convenient to have it close when we go to work with water. Also, I have changed the paper to have a little less grain and that the brush slides much better. We will start the first exercise using only stra...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Illustration of Urban Characters
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Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration
Raúl Allén
A course by Raúl Allén
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.
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