Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 1
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 1
Overview
“Now I will finish the illustration using both the collage technique and the textures I showed you. I really like that my works are made up of multiple layers, and I would like you too to have fun using and experimenting with all the techniques you prefer.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 1, 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
“Compose the Illustration With Different Techniques In this lesson, we will complete our visual metaphor. First of all, we will erase part of the sketch that we have done because we don't want to see the pencil line in the final result. To do this, I mainly use a kneaded eraser because it is a kind of eraser but much softer, so it is much gentler on paper. The intention is not to make all lines disappear but to lighten them just a little bit. As I would like to add some depth, and a little three-dimensionality to our composition, we will work with layers on the most important element of our ...”
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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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