Drawing as a Creative Base

The guidelines

A course by Alex Arizmendi , Graphic artist

Graphic artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined October 2016
98% positive reviews (233)
3,839 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: The guidelines

Overview

“In this lesson we will see a variant of my authorship from the grid method.”

In this video lesson Alex Arizmendi addresses the topic: The guidelines, 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

“In this lesson we are going to see the method of the guide lines. It is a variant or simplification of the grid method. It's very good because it will force you to strengthen the muscle of memory. Let's see what he has to offer. Here we are going to work with something that I call guidelines. It is a derivative of the previous lesson, is the work with a grid. How does it work? At the end of the day, as I said surely in the previous lessons, for me an essential part of the drawing when analyzing about everything we are wanting draw, is that we have to learn to measure the size of things in t...”

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Course summary for: Drawing as a Creative Base

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (233)
  • 3839 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (3h 48m)
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    Illustration
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    Artistic Drawing, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Alex Arizmendi

Alex Arizmendi
A course by Alex Arizmendi

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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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Drawing as a Creative Base. Illustration course by Alex Arizmendi

Drawing as a Creative Base

A course by Alex Arizmendi
Graphic artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined October 2016
  • 98% positive reviews (233)
  • 3,839 students