Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
Influences
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will tell you what were and are the artistic influences that have marked my career to this day. ”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero. Learn to draw the skeleton, muscles, and poses to convey the true power of your characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“I'm going to talk a little about my influences. When I was a boy, the first thing I read as a full story was Nippur de Lagash, of Lucho Oliveira. I was very impressed to see how he drew those veins, how he drew of the warriors. I really felt like I was watching a action movie and more, because in the story the reader It puts a lot of his imprint, of his imagination, in each little painting that you are seeing and reading. After falling in love with the story completely with Lucho Oliveira's hand, I got the work of a famous artist an American named Richard Corbin, Until then, i drew in black...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
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Character Design, Comic, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ariel Olivetti
A course by Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. His passion for drawing the human figure and creating characters led him to creating cover illustrations for the comic magazine FIERRO in the ‘90s. He is also a co-creator of the comic El Cazador. He has been working in the comic industry for over twenty five years as an artist and illustrator, collaborating on publications for Dark Horse, Valiant, Sideshow, MARVEL, DC Comics, and Upper Deck.
His first artwork for the US market was The Last Avengers story for Marvel Comics, and was followed by Daredevil and X-Men. He has collaborated on a limited edition series for DC called Space Ghost and a host of other titles, including Mystique and Sabretooth (1996), Alpha Flight (1997), and What if? (1997) for Marvel, as well as JLA: Paradise Lost (1998), Haven: The Broken City (2002), Green Lantern (2003), and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight.
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