Character Illustration with Needle and Thread
materials
A course by Flora Te , Illustrator and embroidery
About the video: materials
Overview
“Now we will see all those elements that will accompany the creative process to illustrate and embroider. While it is not necessary to fill yourself with expensive materials, it is important to have those basics that will be your creative allies. ”
In this video lesson Flora Te addresses the topic: materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Illustration with Needle and Thread. Learn to turn your drawings into fun embroidered pieces.
Partial transcription of the video
“MATERIALS In this lesson I will tell you about the materials that we will be seeing During the project we will be doing. I'm going to start telling you about the illustration materials. On the one hand, I have the black pencil, which I usually use, It is a great ally for me. It's a 2B, it's from the Staedtler brand. I like this one in particular because it has a very soft graphite and the truth is that it does not generate much residue on the sheet. This I recommend more than anything to make sketches and stuff. Then, on the other hand, I have the colored pencils, The polychrome I use them ...”
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Course summary for: Character Illustration with Needle and Thread
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Embroidery, Textile Design, Traditional illustration

Flora Te
A course by Flora Te
Florencia Toyos, better known as Flora Te, is a self-taught embroiderer and illustrator. His path began a few years ago, while making handmade notebooks and decided to incorporate some embroidery on the covers. Following this, he began to learn techniques of Mexican embroidery, embroidery with stones, or cutting and sewing for haute couture; also, in parallel he illustrated and delved into watercolor, until he realized that he had to mix his two passions. He started taking pictures of his embroidered illustrations and sharing them on social networks. This is how he started selling his products, making his Flora Te project real.
Their diburdaditos (small embroidered and colorful characters), became part of a collection of clothes of the merchandising of a rock band.
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