Specialization in Mixed Media Illustration Techniques

Course summary

• U1: Get inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Leonor Pérez

  • Influences | Aldo Jarillo Ramírez

  • Influences | Alejandra Acosta

  • Influences | Samuel Castaño

  • Influences | Patricia Escalante

• U2: Mixed-Media Illustration: Activate Your Imagination

  • Materials

  • Experience as a reference

  • Observe and draw

  • From observation to imagination

  • Photomontage

  • Pareidolias 1

  • Pareidolias 2

  • Images over images

  • Stamp with debris

  • What if you mix all of the above?

  • Unexpected connections

  • The alphabet, a pretext to create

  • Creational Inventory Container

• U3: Graphic Experimentation: From Concept to Illustration

  • Dilate the borders

  • Dissect the text

  • Embody the idea

  • Ruminate the idea

  • Spin the ideas

  • The structure of the image

  • Resignify the materials

  • Error as an antidote to the artificial 1

  • Error as an antidote to the artificial 2

  • Part planning

  • Construction of the final piece 1

  • Construction of the final piece 2

  • End Bracket Assembly

• U4: Graphic Experimentation for Illustrated Stories

  • Atmosphere and point of view

  • Keywords and mood board

  • materialsM

  • Color palette

  • Color palette (part 2)

  • Characters

  • Characters (part 2)

  • Composition

  • Projecting

  • Projecting (part 2)

  • Watercolor and polychromes

  • Watercolor and polychromes (part 2)

  • Colored and graphite papers

  • Colored and graphite papers (part 2)

  • Ink and pastel monocopy

  • Ink and pastel monocopy (part 2)

  • Voila!

• U5: Drawing and Collage for Editorial Illustration

  • Key aspects of the text and primary ideas in drawing

  • Documentation: The references

  • Sketching

  • Pencil and paper

  • Paper

  • Drawing

  • Collage

  • Digitization and completion

  • Assembly and location on the pages

• U6: Graphite Portraits with Digital Design

  • Presentation of Materials

  • Proportions of a face

  • Light and Shadow Basics

  • Graphite Shading Techniques

  • Selection of Images for Inspiration and Support Material

  • Retouching the Photograph and Printing to Scale

  • Transfer of the Portrait to Cardboard

  • Shading 1: Base and First Layers

  • Shading 2: Eyes and Eyebrows

  • Shading 3: Hair

  • Shading 4: Neck and Ear

  • Shading 5: Cheek, Nose and Lips

  • Shading 6: Finishing Touches

  • Drawing scan and retouch

  • Concepts and Ideas for Digital Intervention

  • Basic Texture Tools in Photoshop 1

  • Basic Texture Tools in Photoshop 2

  • Digital Intervention

  • Getting the Drawing Ready to Print or to Publish on Social Media

• Final project

  • Specialization in Mixed Media Illustration Techniques