Digital Illustration with Geometric Shapes for Beginners
Contour line I
A course by Pablo Lobato , Illustrator
About the video: Contour line I
Overview
“In this lesson we will know the different types of lines and we will learn to perform them with vectors. With this basic knowledge we will build a series of profiles that we will then modify to achieve new results. ”
In this video lesson Pablo Lobato addresses the topic: Contour line I, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration with Geometric Shapes for Beginners. Learn a simple method to get started in the world of digital illustration and explore its endless possibilities.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the previous unit, we saw the reasons why digital illustration is ideal for our first approach to drawing. It's time we turned on the computer and let's know our basic tools. Let's go to Illustrator, I already have it open. And I will create a new document. File, New, New document. I usually work in an A4 format, but for the simple fact that I know that after I will be able to print it, because my printer prints up to A4. But you can work in size make them more comfortable, because whatever they do in Illustrator is, then 100% scalable. That means they can enlarge it or shrink at your co...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration with Geometric Shapes for Beginners
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Pablo Lobato
A course by Pablo Lobato
Pablo Lobato is an Argentine designer and illustrator who earned his degree at La Universidad Nacional de La Plata. He worked in the field of editorial design from 1995 to 2003, later beginning his career as an illustrator. Since then, his illustrations have been published in newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, WIRED, TIME, and many more. He has also done commercial work for big-name brands like Nike, Havaianas, Disney Argentina, and The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, among others.
In addition, his work has been featured in Illustration Now! Vol. 3 and Illustration Now! Portraits, released by the renowned publishing house TASCHEN. He was awarded first prize in the Caricature category by World Press Cartoon in 2012, and he is a six-time winner of the Award of Excellence given by Communication Arts. Based in Buenos Aires, this prolific artist has gained international renown, displaying his work in galleries all over the world.
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