Vector Illustration with a Surrealist Twist
Trace, trace, trace ...
A course by Tomas Ives , Artist, Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Trace, trace, trace ...
Overview
“In this lesson I will trace the sketch in Adobe Illustrator , where we will explore some of its functions and techniques. You can also use any vector program such as Corel or Adobe Animate . The one that best suits you! ”
In this video lesson Tomas Ives addresses the topic: Trace, trace, trace ..., which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Illustration with a Surrealist Twist. Unleash all your creativity to create illustrations full of symbolism.
Partial transcription of the video
“Trace, trace, trace ... In this lesson, I will draw the sketch in Adobe Illustrator, although you can use any vector program like Corel or Adobe Animate. In this lesson, we will begin to trace and I will explain how to do it in an easy way in Illustrator Or you can use the program that is comfortable for you to draw. Personally, my origins are in animation, I learned to draw in Animate, formerly Flash, and it’s easier for me to work on that, but as now Illustrator is a more universal program, We will do it in Illustrator for convenience. So, in this new layer that I created here, I'll name ...”
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Course summary for: Vector Illustration with a Surrealist Twist
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Tomas Ives
A course by Tomas Ives
Tomás Ives is a self-taught artist born in Chile who is currently dedicated to muralism, illustration, and design of campaigns and posters for Chilean independent cinema. Throughout his career, he has specialized in design thinking processes that he applies to all his creations.
He has worked as an animator, cartoonist of graphic humor, motion graphics , art director for a television channel and even as head of the design and communications team of the Government of Chile.
During his fifteen years of experience he has been developing a signature style that makes him recognizable in his role as illustrator.
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