From Pencil Drawing to Digital Illustration
Idea, search of references and creation of our "ideal" reference photo
A course by Dani Blázquez , Illustrator
Create a radical illustration by combining analogue drawing with Photoshop effects
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 98% positive reviews (185)
- 2416 students
About the video: Idea, search of references and creation of our "ideal" reference photo
Overview
“We will think of an idea, we will make a quick sketch and we will configure the most suitable reference image to that original idea from several photos. For this task we are going to help us with Photoshop. I have decided to make a 50x100cm poster. That's why my original will be an A3, but if your final reproduction size is going to be smaller, maybe you can start with an A4, for example. ”
In this video lesson Dani Blázquez addresses the topic: Idea, search of references and creation of our "ideal" reference photo, which is part of the Domestika online course: From Pencil Drawing to Digital Illustration. Create a radical illustration by combining analogue drawing with Photoshop effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“Well, let's start with our project. That's the first thing we have to have. An idea. I am among all these references, that we have bouncing in my head. I have decided to choose the fighters of the WWF. Those that were replete with fluor colors. Those, among them ... I've chosen the Ultimate Warrior, who was the coolest with differences. Well that makes me to my grace of that aesthetic. Well, it was funny, the photos, let's say ... the photos of the official file. In which always left frontal. Face angry butt. And well, usually ... with a curtain behind. A grunge background, super shabby. Th...”
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Course summary for: From Pencil Drawing to Digital Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Photography Post-production
A course by Dani Blázquez
His story begins as that of 9 out of 10 cartoonists: stuck to pencils since childhood. However, there was a time when Dani Blázquez was doing tricks and gambetas to the illustration, as if trying to avoid an uncomfortable traveling companion who follows you to the destination station.
In 2009 he decided to resume the drawing and try to turn it into his profession. He went to Oviedo to study Illustration and in 2012 he began to receive his first assignments. His most iconic works are those that delve into the imaginary of his childhood and adolescence.
Usually starting from memories in the form of eighties graphics, advertising, posters and, ultimately, everything that has to do with the 89 and 90: posters of movies, music, aesthetics, colors ...
Dani Blázquez cites as influences a score of names that include, among others, Martin Ansin, Gabz, Drew Struzan, Jano, Richard Amsel, Ken Taylor, Gomez Quibus, Tomer Hanuka or Mucha. But then there are those who do not cite, those springing springly from their plates. Steven Spielberg, the teenage cinema of the 80s, the now retro futurism of Ridley Scott or James Cameron and other blockbusters of those glorious times. In his proposal everything is color, popcorn and Mirindas, a constant reminder in time happy and carefree.
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- Audio: Spanish
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- Level: Intermediate
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