Subject Research for Portrait Composition
About Me
A course by Ivan Canu , Writer and illustrator
About the video: About Me
Overview
“This is not a lesson, but a chat where I will tell you about my studies, my first experiences as an illustrator, the missteps and failures and how these convinced me more than successes and gratifications to take the path of the illustration profession. . Through the different techniques I have used in many works, I will tell you why I chose digital illustration and how I arrived at the language that today characterizes my way of telling through images.”
In this video lesson Ivan Canu addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Subject Research for Portrait Composition. Create an original portrait by combining celebrity styles and famous figures based on thorough research of your subjects.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi, I'm Ivan Canu and I work as a writer and illustrator. Thank you for choosing this Domestika course. Before starting this journey together, I would like to tell you something about me. My parents chose the name Ivan for me, but pronouncing it in Italian, with the accent on I, unaware that the Russians would have pronounced it "Ivàn" and the Americans "Àivan". I was actually born in Alghero, a Catalan city in Sardinia, and I live in Milan. In my family there were no creative professionals, but I've always drawn. I drew battles between Indians, cowboys, spaceships, Zagor, Tex,...”
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Course summary for: Subject Research for Portrait Composition
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ivan Canu
A course by Ivan Canu
Ivan Canu is a writer and illustrator who lives in Milan. Growing up surrounded by books and magazines, he was captivated by their images and learned to draw at a young age. After studying performing art history in Florence, he moved to Milan and began working at the magazine Hystrio, where he held several positions including portrait artist, illustrator, graphic designer, and, finally, art director. He later branched out to collaborating with the publisher Mondadori, in the educational sector, as well as a range of newspapers and magazines such as Il Sole 24 ore, La Repubblica, L’Espresso, Focus, and The New York Times.
In 2009, he founded Mimaster Illustrazione in Milan. In 2016, he started collaborating with the Richard Salzman illustration agency, which gave him the opportunity to create art for brands and publications such as Die Zeit, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, L’Express, L’Obs, The Guardian, Yahoo, and Audible. Through his career, he has also worked with publishing houses like Laterza, Feltrinelli, Mondadori, Einaudi, and Salani.
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