Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 3
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 3
Overview
“Here I will complete the composition of the illustration of my visual metaphor.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: Compose the Illustration with Different Techniques 3, 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, to glue them, we need to take one layer at a time and, using our guide, position them. To glue the trunk to the crown of the tree, since it is acetate, it’s best to use the strongest glue. First tree is done. Second one is done. Third tree is done. Now, let's reposition all our layers just to see the effect it’s creating. Great. Now, we’re only missing a few elements: the sun and the bird inside the suitcase. To make the sun, we can use one of the scraps cut from the trees, maybe the larger one. Just to get an idea, let's place it on t...”
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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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