Vector Portrait with Manual Textures
Presentation
A course by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will briefly tell you about my career and show you some of my projects; many of them related to the illustrated portrait.”
In this video lesson Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Portrait with Manual Textures. Create unique illustrations by combining digital images with handmade textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, I welcome you, thank you for taking this course. I will tell you a little about me. I am Álvaro Tapia Hidalgo, I am a designer and illustrator. Since childhood, I was interested in the image. I played with collage, I painted. In my house there were reproductions of paintings and art books. When I decided a career, I went for Graphic Design, since it was the closest to what I liked. I left the University of Valparaíso and entered the Film School. There I specialized in post-production image and later I worked on projects as much as freelance. I set up a design office with...”
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Course summary for: Vector Portrait with Manual Textures
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration
Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo
A course by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo
Álvaro Tapia Hidalgo is a graphic designer and illustrator from Viña del Mar, Chile with a degree in design from La Universidad de Valparaíso and another one in film from La Escuela de Cine de Chile.
He spent over a decade working on graphic-design projects as an art director while also tackling audiovisual projects as a film director and post-production specialist. In 2011, he decided to focus exclusively on illustration, combining traditional and digital techniques to achieve his own distinctive style.
His work has been featured in international publications such as The New Yorker, ESPN, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Newsweek, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine, and he has also collaborated with top brands like adidas, PUMA, Heineken, Mahindra, Atomic, and Marc Ecko. Additionally, his work has been displayed in a number of exhibitions, galleries, and museums in countries all over the world, including the United States, Germany, England, Italy, the Netherlands, Colombia, Croatia, Argentina, Spain, and Chile.
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