Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 2
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 2
Overview
“In this lesson I'm going to draw the elements of the character's face and proceed to complete the collage of the shirt. Then I'll focus on the other details of the illustration.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 2, 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 Now that our character's head has dried, too, we'll draw all the elements of the face. We'll do this using our Rapidograph. Since we are going to draw on the ink layer from before, that ink will probably dry out our Rapidograph a little. To keep it from drying out too much, just scribble a little bit on the scrap sheet. Perfect. Now we can continue to glue the other piece of our shirt with with acetate. Even though we can use any type of glue, I prefer to use glue that is more liquid because the result is a little more transparent. We apply...”
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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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