Excellence in Illustration: From Intuition to Method
The Working Method and the Sketches 1
A course by Emiliano Ponzi , Illustrator, Artist, and Author
About the video: The Working Method and the Sketches 1
Overview
“Now that you've collected a series of ideas, I'll teach you how to tell good ideas from bad ones by trying to draw them. Here I will start developing the first sketch with some quick lines, using the inspirational table created earlier as a reference.”
In this video lesson Emiliano Ponzi addresses the topic: The Working Method and the Sketches 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Excellence in Illustration: From Intuition to Method. Learn a method to cultivate lateral thinking, find inspiration, and create evocative images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Working Method and Sketches In this lesson, we’ll go back to the ideas we jotted down very quickly as if we were on the phone, and we'll take them into Photoshop, in my case, but you can work on them with any software or technique that fits better with your working method. Starting from those sketches, we’ll create more structured pencil drawings in a more rigid context, following the specifications publishing house will have given us. Then we will make a selection of the sketches that we like the most and send them to the customer. Let's start by opening a file of the same size of the fina...”
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Course summary for: Excellence in Illustration: From Intuition to Method
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Emiliano Ponzi
A course by Emiliano Ponzi
Emiliano Ponzi is an illustrator, visual artist, and author. He loved drawing from an early age and later decided to pursue this passion by studying at the Europeo di Design in Milan. In 2004, he produced his first major work as an illustrator for The New York Times and since then, his career hasn't stopped reaching new heights.
Throughout the years, he's worked for brands, magazines, and newspapers like Le Monde, The New Yorker, Louis Vuitton, MoMa New York, Der Spiegel, Penguin Books, Amnesty International, Armani, Bulgari, Gucci, La Repubblica, Feltrinelli, Lavazza, TIM, Pirelli, Ferrari, and many more. He has also received multiple awards and recognitions, among them a silver medal at the 2008 New York Society of Illustrators for his editorial drawing for the New York Times Book Review. After many years in Milan, he now lives and works in New York, carrying out projects for magazines, advertising and publishing agencies, and brands.
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