Drawing as a Creative Base
The documentation
A course by Alex Arizmendi , Graphic artist
About the video: The documentation
Overview
“I will explain quickly, what is the documentation stage and its importance in my creative process; In addition, I will share a little of my personal search and documentation system. ”
In this video lesson Alex Arizmendi addresses the topic: The documentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing as a Creative Base. Learn to put your ideas onto paper through exercises of observation and documentation.
Partial transcription of the video
“Next, I want to share with you my methodology and my search system. Join me. I think I have already made clear the importance of the subject of the observation in the creative process of the artist and for this it is necessary because the subject of the search and management of the references necessary for this process or for this topic of the observation. It might look like a super-wild subject, but I think it's not, believe me I've met with a lot of people who do not know how to search, is very passive, who is very naive and, therefore, the results they get can be very limited. This being...”
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Course summary for: Drawing as a Creative Base
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Alex Arizmendi
A course by Alex Arizmendi
Alex Arizmendi was born in 1976 in Mexico City (Mexico). His passion for fantasy, science fiction, human emotions and pop culture led him to devote himself to the visual arts, specifically to drawing. He has extensive professional experience of almost two decades, mainly in the publishing, advertising and entertainment industries. Among its clients are brands such as Editorial Televisa, Warner Music, Telcel, Avon and Marvel Comics.
His work has been recognized by different communities of the visual world such as Behance, IdN magazine and Advance Photoshop. He has also been a lecturer at UAM Azcapotzalco, UAM Xochimilco, Universidad del Pedregal, Northwestern University of Tampico, Anáhuac de Puebla and Universidad Londres, among others.
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