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Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style

Reference models

A course by Elisa Seitzinger , Visual Artist

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Audio: Italian

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About the video: Reference models

Overview

“In this lesson I will tell you about some films, some works and some artists that inspired me and why.”

In this video lesson Elisa Seitzinger addresses the topic: Reference models, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style. Learn to blend classical art aesthetics with modern digital techniques, meanwhile developing your distinctive style crafting Tarot card illustrations..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson I will tell you about some of my sources of inspiration or role models. The first are the surrealist films produced between the 60s and 70s. In particular I selected two. The Color of Pomegranate by Sergei Parazhanov from 1968 and The Stoned Mountain from 1936. The first film tells the story of an eighteenth-century Armenian troubadour, Sayat Nova. His story is told through images in a very poetic way, taking inspiration not only from his life but also from his poetic work. I like this film very much because it is a film full of symbolic evocations, of imagination. The film i...”

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Course summary for: Illustration for Tarot: Crafting Your Signature Style

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (162)
10196 students
5 units
16 lessons (3h 5m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration

Elisa Seitzinger

A course by Elisa Seitzinger

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Visual Artist

Elisa Seitzinger is a talented visual artist and illustrator known for her unique style inspired by medieval art, Russian icons, and Byzantine mosaics. With a passion for human figures, hieratic faces, and fantastic or monstrous animals, Elisa's work has been featured in various mediums, including newspapers, magazines, clothing, textiles, posters, music albums, books, and tarot cards.

Her fascination with tarot cards and their powerful symbolic and communicative charge led her to explore the depths of traditional symbolism and develop her own visual language. Through continuous research and observation, Elisa has crafted a style that remains true to her cultural background while evolving over time.