Surrealist Illustration with Ballpoint Pen
Choosing the Best Sketch
A course by Virginia Mori , Illustrator
About the video: Choosing the Best Sketch
Overview
“After I have drawn several sketches on the theme and filled pages and sheets with possible ideas, I will move on to choosing the sketch and therefore the best idea, and I will make the pencil base of the final illustration. ”
In this video lesson Virginia Mori addresses the topic: Choosing the Best Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Surrealist Illustration with Ballpoint Pen. Learn to create dreamlike illustrations while developing your own style, from drawing the pencil sketch to inking the final artwork.
Partial transcription of the video
“Choosing the best sketch In this lesson, I'll show you how to analyze sketches and then choose the final one. Usually, I have criteria thanks to which I choose the best sketch. There are three and first of all is the idea, that is, the idea must be a strong idea, which convinces me; it must be original, that is, I must not have potentially seen it around on some other drawing; lastly, its capacity for synthesis, or the more an image can tell me with less elements. Generally, I also consider the graphic impact of an image and the balance of its elements, i.e. the way they are arranged on the...”
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Course summary for: Surrealist Illustration with Ballpoint Pen
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration
Virginia Mori
A course by Virginia Mori
Virginia Mori is an Italian illustrator from Pesaro who has been passionate about drawing since she was little. After studying a degree in science, she enrolled in an advanced illustration and animation course at the Scuola del Libro di Urbino. During her two years there, she specialized in pen illustration and went on to earn her first official recognition in 2008, winning the SRG SSR idée suisse award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France.
Virginia also found success by sharing her art on social media, which has attracted a large following and has led to commission work, invitations to exhibitions, and collaborations with other artists. She has illustrated numerous books and album covers, and has worked with brands like Gucci, Fendi, and Mini, as well as publishing houses including Feltrinelli, Bollati Boringhieri, and Penguin Random House.
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