Spot Illustration: Depicting Freelance Life
Simplify an idea graphically
A course by Francesco Poroli , Freelance Illustrator and Art Director
About the video: Simplify an idea graphically
Overview
“Now we will do a useful exercise together to understand what we mean by graphic simplification. To me, over time, this exercise has helped me a lot.”
In this video lesson Francesco Poroli addresses the topic: Simplify an idea graphically, which is part of the Domestika online course: Spot Illustration: Depicting Freelance Life. Discover the essentials of spot illustration and learn to create an original series of images based on a brief.
Partial transcription of the video
“Simplify an idea graphically For spot illustration, it will help to be quick and easy in the graphic simplification of your ideas. The search for essentiality is a concept that is very close to my heart, because I personally transport it in my works at 360 °. In this lesson, we will do an exercise together which helped me a lot to realize how they are composed of simple shapes the things that surround me and how a lot can be done with little. Being agile in this technique will give you a significant advantage to understand how to deal with each single commission, whatever your technique and...”
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Course summary for: Spot Illustration: Depicting Freelance Life
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Art Direction, Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Digital Illustration, Sketchbook, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Francesco Poroli
A course by Francesco Poroli
Francesco Poroli is a freelance illustrator and art director who lives in his hometown of Milan. After secondary school, he went on to study a modern literature degree at university, although he didn't finish the program. His true passion has always been drawing, an art form that he taught himself, and mastered, through daily practice since he was a child.
Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with brands like Facebook, Apple, Zalando, and Campari, and his illustrations have been featured in magazines and newspapers such as Wired, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Il Sole 24 Ore, and la Repubblica.
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