Artistic Drawing with Ink

Application of Base Forms

A course by Diego Andrade , Illustrator and Visual Artist

Illustrator and Visual Artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined November 2018
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1,798 students
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About the video: Application of Base Forms

Overview

“Now let's try to translate complex shapes into a set of simpler shapes. By the way, we'll use the last lesson to start giving structure to our drawings.”

In this video lesson Diego Andrade addresses the topic: Application of Base Forms, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Drawing with Ink. Learn creative illustration techniques to express your ideas using ink and a stylograph.

Partial transcription of the video

“Application of base forms In this lesson we will start with mind games. We already saw some base forms and it will be time to apply them to reference photos. First I will do an exercise on the iPad, which I will do on the photo. We already talked a little about our base forms and how these can help us to locate things in space, Now I will show you how. Let's try to replicate or find these ways which can be cylinders, cubes, prisms, in a photo, and let that help us understand how to structure it. I selected two photos, one of an animal and another of a human figure, to find those forms. Here...”

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Course summary for: Artistic Drawing with Ink

  • Level: Beginner
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    Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Diego Andrade

Diego Andrade
A course by Diego Andrade

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Illustrator and Visual Artist

Originally from Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Diego Andrade is an illustrator, visual artist, and tattoo artist. His work is a combination of analog techniques, mainly ink, cross-hatching, and pointillism. Through his pieces, he invites the viewer to reflect on death and the spirituality of humankind.

He has participated in many exhibitions, both individual and collective, in Mexico, Colombia, and the United States. His work has been exhibited in galleries such as Gama Crea, Panteón, Serie 5, and Nucleus Portland, among others, as well as in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bogota.


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Artistic Drawing with Ink. Illustration course by Diego Andrade

Artistic Drawing with Ink

A course by Diego Andrade
Illustrator and Visual Artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined November 2018
  • 100% positive reviews (42)
  • 1,798 students