Fine Line Tattoo Design: Symbolism and Magic
Influences
A course by Christian Castañeda , Visual and Tattoo Artist
Joined January 2019
Joined January 2019
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Everything I look at, hear and feel is food for my creativity. In this lesson I will show you some of the material that I find special and inspiring. ”
In this video lesson Christian Castañeda addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fine Line Tattoo Design: Symbolism and Magic. Learn how to conceptualize your ideas and create your own catalogue of symbols to enrich your personal tattoo style.
Partial transcription of the video
“influences In this lesson I am going to talk about some of the artists that have nurtured my work. First I am going to tell you about Hilma af Klint. I love it, I love it madly. Hilma was a Swedish artist. Born in Stockholm and very recently it was finally considered as one of the pioneers of abstract art. I really admire your work because Hilma was an artist outside of the status quo. Everything she painted was something that was rarely seen. In her pictorial narrative, Hilma relied on different elements such as geometry, symbology, color and all that made it form a very personal language ...”
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Course summary for: Fine Line Tattoo Design: Symbolism and Magic
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creativity, Design, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration
Christian Castañeda
A course by Christian Castañeda
Christian Castañeda is a Mexican visual and tattoo artist with more than a decade of professional experience. She studied art at "La Esmeralda" Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado as well as photography at the Centro de la Imagen. A large part of her work is based on research into metaphysics, space, silence, and alternate realities, to create designs filled with powerful meaning.
Throughout her career, she has participated in over 30 exhibitions across Mexico and abroad, as well as festivals and art fairs in New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Canada, and Copenhagen. Her collaborations include work for brands like adidas, Vans, and Netflix Latinoamérica. She also cofounded Estudio Flo alongside Andrés Gómez Servín, where they develop graphics and design projects that give free rein to the imagination and artistic creativity.
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