Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
Create the Sketch
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: Create the Sketch
Overview
“With the help of word association work, I will create small instinctive drawings to begin the development of the illustration.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: Create 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
“Creating the Sketch Using our word association, we’ll now prepare some small, instinctive drawings. This time, we’ll work on one sheet horizontally since it’s the most common format for illustrations for newspaper articles. I always start with the words, and even in this case, I totally trust my instincts. Any idea is a valid idea, even if it won't eventually be used. I start by focusing not only to the words I have marked, but also looking at a complete overview, especially at those words that spark some specific emotion or a particular object because they'll be a little easier to draw and...”
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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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