Illustration with Markers: Find Your Style
Preparing the sketch for the markers
A course by Caio Yo , Illustrator
About the video: Preparing the sketch for the markers
Overview
“After the initial sketch, I'm now going to show you how I develop my design ideas and get everything ready to start using markers. ”
In this video lesson Caio Yo addresses the topic: Preparing the sketch for the markers, 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
“Preparing the sketch for the markers After testing an idea a lot, it's time to craft it and prepare for finalization. Some drawings I make are born impulsively and quickly. It's nice when that happens, but most drawings are born out of planning. Last class, I worked ideas into sketchbook and thumbnails. But how to improve these thumbnails? It is important to always be attentive to the details of things. If you designed an outfit with a different cut, you should research about it, collect references, photos, images. Today we have many references in the palm of our hand. And in the process of...”
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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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