Illustration for Creative Minds: Reinventing the Ordinary
Assembling a bookstore
A course by Cristian Turdera , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Assembling a bookstore
Overview
“In this lesson we will build our library, what elements do we detect in this vectorization to make the illustration according to our sketch? What shapes does our sketch include, a sphere, a prism, a base, a pyramid, etc? We will detect what our drawing is composed of, to look for shapes that are close together. We will define the materials, will the object be made of wood, sheet metal, will it have texture? We imagine an atmosphere, we start looking for a palette, warm or cold? Will it be day or night? ”
In this video lesson Cristian Turdera addresses the topic: Assembling a bookstore, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Creative Minds: Reinventing the Ordinary. Learn a process to create illustration reinventing concepts from a personal perspective.
Partial transcription of the video
“Assembling a library of objects, images and textures. Once we have the vectorization done, in this lesson we will begin to detect what are the forms that we have to start completing so that the illustration is assembled and we will do it by searching for it on the web, finding textures and shapes that can complement working on the assembly towards the final illustration. I googled some images that I want to be represented symbolically or where I'm pointing and I'll put them around this illustration. For example, I found this one that can give me texture to be able to complete that clock and...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Creative Minds: Reinventing the Ordinary
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Creativity, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Cristian Turdera
A course by Cristian Turdera
Cristian Turdera studied Design and worked in advertising agencies from a young age. This experience gave him a distinctive outlook on the value of ideas, concepts, and about the power of what an image is capable of communicating. He has always drawn, which eventually led him to illustrate professionally.
Today, he uses both—illustration and design—in his work. He published his first illustrations in a school book over twenty years ago and is still in the field, with lots of enthusiasm, always seeking new opportunities. He has worked for editorials such as Penguin Random House, Editorial SM, Alfaguara, or Pequeño Editor, and many more.
As well as illustrating books, Cristian also illustrates toys and other products for clients like Arcor, Ruibal, Djeco toys, Peabody, and more. He illustrates for audiovisual projects, magazines, and even installations.
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