Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
The Composition of the Image in the Sketch
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: The Composition of the Image in the Sketch
Overview
“I will begin to develop the illustration of the memory starting from brainstorming: first of all, I will write on paper the key words that that event arouses in me. Then, I will make quick sketches, straight away, to put the ideas on paper. When I have chosen the winning illustration, I will move on to a more detailed drawing.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: The Composition of the Image in the Sketch, 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
“Sketching the Composition In this lesson, we will make a sketch which will be the basis of the memory that we'll illustrate. As I always do in my sketchbook, I'll mark all those words which I consider key to this memory of mine. This memory of mine was linked to moving, hence the first word I could write could be “displacement.” How did I move around? I traveled by plane, so “plane” could also be another key word. When I arrived, I felt this sense of the future through all the dreams I had in my mind. So “sense of the future,” “dreams.” This memory is also very much linked to a very positiv...”
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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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