Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
Sourcing the Reference Photo
A course by M.Tony Peralta , Artist and Creative Director
About the video: Sourcing the Reference Photo
Overview
“Here, I will show you the best kind of photograph to use as source material.”
In this video lesson M.Tony Peralta addresses the topic: Sourcing the Reference Photo, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits. Discover fundamental screen printing techniques to create “pop arte” style portraits inspired by New York and Latino culture.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we're going to go over some photos and I'm going to sort through them and see which one is the best one for me to print. So here we got some pics. Here's a photo of young Tonito. Tony at the beach. Here's a passport photo of my dad. Here's a pic of my mom. And here's my mom, my younger sister and myself. And here's my mom. This is my favorite photograph of my mom. This is a photo that I've been seeing for years. And this is the one that I'm going to go with. But, you know, I'm just going to go over why some of these don't work. Right. So obviously in this picture here, my fee...”
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Course summary for: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
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M.Tony Peralta
A course by M.Tony Peralta
M.Tony Peralta is a contemporary artist and creative director who was born and raised in New York City. He first started drawing at school and produced his first run of t-shirts with the savings from his part-time job at just 17 years old. He later went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in media arts at Long Island University, focusing on graphic design, photography, and film. After graduating, he became the creative director of a boutique marketing company but, driven by a desire to create something in a non-digital space, M.Tony began teaching himself screen printing and enrolled in a screen printing class at the School of Visual Arts.
Since then, he’s had his work shown at museums and featured in The New York Times. He’s collaborated with clients including Nike, Bleacher Report, and Presidente Beer. He also designed his own sneakers for Adidas and currently runs his own indie brand called The Peralta Project where he creates artwork that represents his culture and upbringing.
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