Visual Metaphors: Illustrate Abstract Concepts
Composition of the Illustration on Procreate 1
A course by Fernando Cobelo , Illustrator
About the video: Composition of the Illustration on Procreate 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will upload the sketch to Procreate, define the geometric shapes of the illustration and choose the color to use.”
In this video lesson Fernando Cobelo addresses the topic: Composition of the Illustration on Procreate 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
“Composing the Illustration in Procreate In this lesson, we’ll work on the illustration of our final project and completing it. Let's start with our sketch that we've already refined. First, I normally lower the opacity of the line so when I create the final shapes I can see them a little better. After that, I'd say to start with the simplest part. In this case, for me it would be to start with those slightly geometric shapes, which are quick enough to do and represent all the negative elements that we talked about. Since in our process it came up that these elements could possibly be red, l...”
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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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