Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
Tools
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: Tools
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you all the tools you will need to carry out the exercises and the project of the course. ”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: Tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts. Learn to convey abstract concepts through images by experimenting with analog and digital techniques, collage, and textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials In this lesson, I will show you all the materials we will use during this course. The heart of this course will be visual metaphors. The final project consists of creating a digital illustration using Procreate on iPad Pro. We will use a visual metaphor to illustrate a newspaper article. Before that, though, we'll do an exercise to train our creative thinking. For this exercise, we will use only traditional techniques and we will need the tools that I’ll present to you now. First, you will need some blank sheets of paper. A4 size is just fine. We can use sheets with a higher gramm...”
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Course summary for: Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Collage, Creativity, Drawing, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Paper Craft, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Fernando Cobelo
A course by Fernando Cobelo
Fernando Cobelo is an illustrator from Venezuela who currently lives and works in Italy. He put his childhood passion for drawing aside to study architecture in college and didn't pick up a pencil again until many years later when he received his first commission from a US shoe manufacturer, rekindling his passion and transforming it into a full-time job.
Throughout his career, he's worked on a range of projects for clients such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, il Corriere della Sera, Penguin Random House, Zanichelli, multinational corporations including Google, Disney, Samsung, Montblanc, Lonely Planet, and WeTransfer, as well as prominent institutions like the UN and UNICEF. He has also taught and run workshops at schools and universities in Italy, Mexico, India, Russia, China, and a host of other countries.
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