Digital Illustration with Geometric Shapes for Beginners
Circles
A course by Pablo Lobato , Illustrator
About the video: Circles
Overview
“Now let's draw a monkey using only circles. Then, we will edit the final drawing to arrive at an alternative version. ”
In this video lesson Pablo Lobato addresses the topic: Circles, 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
“We already know how to work with lines, now we are going to do with planes. In this lesson, we are going to build a drawing using only circles. The first step in building a drawing with circles is, obviously, learning to make a circle. For that we have to go to the Ellipse tool, that is here. There is a possibility that you, instead of having this tool, have the Rectangle tool. If that is the case, what they have to do is Click there, hold the click and then, this menu is going to be displayed in which they are going to be able to choose the Ellipse tool. Once the tool selected, we click an...”
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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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