Subject Research for Portrait Composition
It All Depends on the Starting Idea
A course by Ivan Canu , Writer and illustrator
About the video: It All Depends on the Starting Idea
Overview
“What is the project of this course? A portrait that combines two different characters, close to each other by historical period, art that characterizes them, genius of inspiration, but distinguished by nationality, gender and character. Here I will show you the method I use to study first and then combine the different subjects, mixing their strongest and most relevant characteristics to then create the portrait.”
In this video lesson Ivan Canu addresses the topic: It All Depends on the Starting Idea, 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
“It all depends on the starting idea The final project of this course will be a portrait that combines and merges two characters, one current and one historical. This course does not focus on portrait technique. If also in the next unit I will use digital techniques to create the portrait of the final project, you can use the techniques you prefer: digital, traditional, experimental, or analog, whatever you want. What I want to show you it is the phase of research and study of the character to be portrayed. We will proceed in stages, with the help of various sources, to get to represent our ...”
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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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