Lifestyle Illustration for Vibrant and Expressive Characters
The brief and search for influences
A course by Jordi Labanda , Illustrator
About the video: The brief and search for influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain the details of the brief that I am going to work on in the course project. The more complete the brief of a commercial commission, the easier it is for the person who is going to illustrate it.”
In this video lesson Jordi Labanda addresses the topic: The brief and search for influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lifestyle Illustration for Vibrant and Expressive Characters. Learn to draw expressive characters and become the scriptwriter, stylist, and art director of your own illustrated stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“The brief and search for influences In this lesson I will give you all the necessary details to complete the final project. We will work on a hypothetical editorial assignment. A fashion and trends magazine commissioned us to illustrate an article which is titled "Agreeing to Disagree". The article will talk ironically about why human beings we have a tendency to impose our taste and opinion above the others and about why many times we don't see things in the same way as the person in front of us. Since we're working for a fashion magazine, we will try to make the illustration have a bold a...”
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Course summary for: Lifestyle Illustration for Vibrant and Expressive Characters
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Traditional illustration
Jordi Labanda
A course by Jordi Labanda
Fashion, publicity, and animation illustrator Jordi Labanda is known for his unmistakable style. He was born in Mercedes, Uruguay, and lived in Barcelona from the age of three, although he is now based in New York. His work paved the way for a new era of illustration, which went from being undervalued to being used as a key communication tool. It's been more than 19 years since his characters began to appear in publications and ad campaigns, as well as on homeware and stationery collections.
As an editorial illustrator and trend writer, he periodically collaborates with iconic publications from both the fashion and lifestyle spheres like Vogue Japan, The Daily Telegraph, Candy, Harper's Bazaar, and La Vanguardia magazine. His illustrations have also appeared in publications such as Wallpaper, Vogue USA, Visionaire, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine, among others.
As a corporate illustrator, Labanda illustrated the poster for Woody Allen's latest movie, Rifkin’s Festival, and has collaborated with brands including Louis Vuitton, Moncler, Zara, Vodafone, adidas, Pepsi Light, Dior, Danone, Nissan España, and American Express. His work has also been exhibited in galleries and museums across the world and was compiled into the bestseller Heyday, published with Editorial RM.
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