Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression

Overview

“Next, it's time to find the answers to all those questions you brainstormed. I will take you through the research process that will help you to come up with a meaningful idea, fetching composition, and culturally authentic details. You will gather many references and allow the ideation phase to simmer down, before committing to any ideas for the final sketch. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Importance of Research, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression. Create illustrations of evocative nature using the feather and immersion ink, focusing on traditional entering techniques and observation drawing.

Partial transcription of the video

“The Importance of Research At this point, I drop my sketch and go straight to the research, keeping in mind the elements I'll need for the drawing. I will need the costume, I will need to look up the headdress. I will need to look up Russian folklore drawings and art to figure out how birds are drawn, and whatever I'm missing in the drawing. I'm missing the surroundings, so I hope to find ideas for the palace or the environment in the research. You too should identify the elements that you need for your illustration, paying attention to traditional poses, in my case, also to dancing, then t...”

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Course summary for: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression

• Level: Beginner
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• 263 students
• 7 units
• 85 lessons (16h 18m)
• 32 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration