Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
How a Visual Metaphor Is Created
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: How a Visual Metaphor Is Created
Overview
“What is a visual metaphor? I will show you some project examples I have developed with some clients to help you understand what we are talking about. Then, I will explain to you well the exercise on metaphors that we will face in this unit.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: How a Visual Metaphor Is Created, 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
“How to Create a Visual Metaphor Previously, I told you that one of my strengths is creating visual metaphors. In this lesson, I'll go a little deeper into the explanation of what a visual metaphor is. A visual metaphor is simply replacing a literal element within the illustration with a more figurative one. To better explain what it is, I'd like to show you some projects that I've developed with clients where this concept can be seen more clearly. The first project I'll tell you about is one I developed with Lavazza. The brief from the client requested an illustration of some of the United ...”
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Course summary for: Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
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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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