Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language
Materials
A course by Simon Prades , Illustrator and Drawing Artist
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will introduce you to the different materials you will need for this course - the sketchbook is particularly important.”
In this video lesson Simon Prades addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language. Learn to create personal illustrations with depth and contrast through line work and layers of colored ink.
Partial transcription of the video
“materials In the last lesson I talked about my influences. Now I will introduce the materials that we need for this course. With the sketchbook it is important to choose one that has a relatively high grammage, maybe 160 - 170 grams. Then you can use different materials, i.e. ink, fineliner, pencil, even draw in watercolor, without it breaking through. I also think it's important to always have the sketchbook with you, even if you don't intend to draw in the sketchbook. Always have it with you. Sometimes an opportunity arises where you have nothing to do for 10 or 15 minutes, waiting for th...”
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Course summary for: Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration
Simon Prades
A course by Simon Prades
Simón Prades is an illustrator and drawing artist with over a decade of experience in the publishing, literature, music, film, and gaming industries. He's always had a passion for traditional techniques, classic drawing with pencil and ink, and other analog forms of art, which he often combines with digital tools in his work.
His client list includes major publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Die Zeit, and Der Spiegel. His work has also been recognized with a Society of Illustrators and American Illustration award. When he's not creating for his clients, he devotes his time to personal projects where he can explore new ideas and techniques.
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