Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style
My influences
A course by Caio Yo , Illustrator
About the video: My influences
Overview
“In this class, I'm going to talk about the importance of our artistic repertoire, as well as showing you the artists that influenced me the most — and still do. ”
In this video lesson Caio Yo addresses the topic: My influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style. Develop your own artistic language using markers to play with volume, color, and texture.
Partial transcription of the video
“my influences No artist was born ready and neither is it an isolated island. We are all made up of repertoires and influences. As children, we start to draw, we form this repertoire. Things that influenced me as a child continue to influence me like manga and video games. And some of these influences are so ingrained in us that we don't even realize it. I recommend that you lovingly identify and embrace these influences. and keep looking for new ones. I still identify references to the manga in my work to this day, in compositions or graphic solutions, because I still read a lot these days....”
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Course summary for: Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style
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Category
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Areas
Color Theory, Comic, Painting, Traditional illustration

Caio Yo
A course by Caio Yo
Caio Yo is a Brazilian illustrator and comic artist based in the state of São Paulo. Since starting his artistic career in 2008, he’s illustrated textbooks, children's books, and advertising pieces, all characterized by influences rooted in manga, printmaking, and classical illustration. He’s participated in collective illustration and comics exhibitions around the world, including Norway, Iran, Japan, and the United States.
He currently works creating art for video game studios, advertising agencies, and animation and character design projects, but his true passion lies in his personal illustrations.
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