Graphic Experimentation: From Concept to Illustration
Dilate the borders
A course by Aldo Jarillo Ramírez , Illustrator and Visual Artist
About the video: Dilate the borders
Overview
“In this lesson I will analyze the concept of "borders" and I will explain how the borders of thought, matter and time nourish our visual language.”
In this video lesson Aldo Jarillo Ramírez addresses the topic: Dilate the borders, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Experimentation: From Concept to Illustration. Learn to interpret a text through the lens of your own life experiences and craft it into an artistic illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“dilate the borders In this unit we will see the importance of borders. We will understand that a border is not a dividing wall, but it is a bridge that connects and from which we can cross and get more information, more inspiration. We will also select the text that will serve you for your final project, which I will teach you how to approach to later break it down and thus get the main idea with which we will appropriate it later to work your piece. The objective of this course is to take our illustration one step further and that it does not remain only as an interpretation of the text. F...”
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Course summary for: Graphic Experimentation: From Concept to Illustration
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Areas
Collage, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Traditional illustration

Aldo Jarillo Ramírez
A course by Aldo Jarillo Ramírez
Aldo Jarillo is an illustrator and visual artist. Although he started out as an editorial designer, his interest in imagery soon led him to illustration and, from there, he immersed himself fully in the art world. He is passionate about the potential dialog between different elements and the puzzle of turning an idea or emotion into an artwork.
Throughout his career he has collaborated with The New Yorker, Letras Libres, and El Malpensante. He also won the International Illustration Biennial in Ukraine.
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