Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language
Finding, Definition, and Composition of the Project
A course by Simon Prades , Illustrator and Drawing Artist
About the video: Finding, Definition, and Composition of the Project
Overview
“The basis of a picture is a thought, a reason or a feeling, which the picture will express and can therefore also have a genuine effect on others. This feeling does not have to be permanently present throughout the development process, but you can come back to it at any point and refer to it. In this lesson you will learn how to define the content of your illustration and thus also the composition.”
In this video lesson Simon Prades addresses the topic: Finding, Definition, and Composition of the Project, 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
“Finding, definition and composition of the project In the previous lesson we made a study and colored it. In this lesson we will prepare the final project. For free and personal projects, I personally always or as often as I can between orders, I think it is particularly important to devote oneself to topics and content that you really care about. Depending on the phase of life, this can of course be something very nice. We're in love or we've moved may become or already are parents. But also in tragic or negative events in life. The things that concern us at the moment are particularly sui...”
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Course summary for: Ink Illustration: Develop Your Visual Language
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Category
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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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