Drawing as a Creative Base
Bonus track: Simplification P1
A course by Alex Arizmendi , Graphic artist
About the video: Bonus track: Simplification P1
Overview
“The method of simplification is widely used by illustrators of the human body and is used to eliminate excess information in an image and extract the most basic forms, to be able to experiment with the image in a more simple way.”
In this video lesson Alex Arizmendi addresses the topic: Bonus track: Simplification P1, 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
“This method may be the most common and the most recurrent among most illustrators and artists who specialize and are dedicated to drawing the body or the human figure. And it is thus the method of simplification. I will review it quickly. Above all, I want to emphasize in how it was born and how it works, right? because it would be impossible land all theories and all the positions around this topic. So what I want is that, rather, you understand the principle of how it works and, from there, you can solve future and different problems they face when it comes to simplifying or abstracting t...”
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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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