The Chicha Poster: Design and Screen Printing of the Popular Peruvian Art
Criteria for use of color and use of gradients
A course by Elliot Tupac , Designer, lyricist, serigraphist and muralist
Joined January 2017
About the video: Criteria for use of color and use of gradients
Overview
“In this video I show you the correct way to use color gradients. For my part I suggest the combinations: orange and pink; orange, pink and yellow; and yellow and green. ”
In this video lesson Elliot Tupac addresses the topic: Criteria for use of color and use of gradients, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Chicha Poster: Design and Screen Printing of the Popular Peruvian Art. Learn the artisanal process for creating traditional posters inspired by music.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, we move on to the next lesson. Here I want to stop in an exercise. Right now, what I am developing are species of rectangles where they will allow me to play and exercise with the colors. I made four points to generate four color variants. I could make circles, I could make perfect squares, but I did it this way, always improvising a bit in development. And I'm going to mix those shades of colors and this will be applied already in the process of the poster strictly. But for now, have to do this exercise so that you understand as the logic of color, the logic of how the color mixing. ...”
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Course summary for: The Chicha Poster: Design and Screen Printing of the Popular Peruvian Art
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design, Screen Printing, Traditional illustration

Elliot Tupac
A course by Elliot Tupac
Elliot Tupac is a Peruvian designer who has redefined the trade of a cartoonist. Her work is torn between urban art, silkscreen and design, and her style is characterized by the use of letters in vibrant colors inspired by Peruvian popular culture. From a personal perspective, he develops a handmade work inspired by traditional techniques and specific contexts.
Elliot has exhibited his work in various galleries in Latin America, the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and also in customer campaigns such as Google, Puma, Lollapalooza and BBVA.
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