Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators

What will we do in the course?

A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador , Graphic designer

Graphic designer. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined September 2010
100% positive reviews (121)
2,123 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: What will we do in the course?

Overview

“The purpose of the course is to learn the basics of the graphic designer while creating a graphic communication campaign. The project of this course is a campaign for an NGO for the conservation of threatened animal species. We will start with 3 illustrations of animals with which we will generate a family of 3 posters and 3 pieces of graphic adaptations for their representation in different printed and digital media. ”

In this video lesson Silvio Díaz Labrador addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators. Learn the secrets of design and create a visual campaign with illustrations.

Partial transcription of the video

“What will we do... Graphic design is the branch of design which serves to solve communication problems in a visual way. In this course I will teach you the basics of design while we work in a communication campaign. The final project of the course is to carry out a communication campaign for an NGO that protects the rights of animals. To do this, we will work with three illustrations previously made. Don't worry if the illustrations are not yours, You can work with illustrations from an image bank. In my case, I could have worked with other images, such as photography, but I decided to choo...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (121)
  • 2123 students
  • 5 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 21m)
  • 2 downloads
  • Category

    Design, Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration

Silvio Díaz Labrador

Silvio Díaz Labrador
A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador

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Graphic designer

Silvio Díaz is a graphic designer and art director based in Barcelona (Spain). He specializes in off and online art direction, corporate typography, packaging and editorial design, always establishing synergies with the best professionals.

He works at Estudio Mariscal, where he has been in the team of multidisciplinary illustrator and designer Javier Mariscal for the last six years. His role in the study is to complement and shape his illustrations to turn them into pieces of graphic communication.

He has worked for clients such as Desigual, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Movistar, La Casacend, Brugal, Roca, Louis Vuitton and Camper, among others. His work has been recognized by the National Design Awards Anuaria, published in books such as Selec C of Indexbook and exhibited at Typo_mad fest.


  • 100% positive reviews (121)
  • 2,123 students
  • 16 lessons (2h 21m)
  • 17 additional resources (2 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
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  • Level: Beginner
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Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators. Design & Illustration course by Silvio Díaz Labrador

Graphic Design Basics for Illustrators

A course by Silvio Díaz Labrador
Graphic designer. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined September 2010
  • 100% positive reviews (121)
  • 2,123 students