Digital Illustration Applied to Products
Our referents
A course by Guacala Studio , Graphic Designers and Illustrators
About the video: Our referents
Overview
“We grew up with the graphic universe of the 90s, our childhood was surrounded by video games, animated series, comics, music videos and toys. These referents, among many others, showed us a quite twisted universe that reevaluated the traditional canons of children's content, and this fascination that was born since children is maintained until today and guides us in visual production. ”
In this video lesson Guacala Studio addresses the topic: Our referents, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration Applied to Products. Combine characters, lettering, and illustrated elements to create unique compositions from beginning to end.
Partial transcription of the video
“Our referents Well, now that you know us and know our work, I'm going to show you some references, some images that have guided the construction of the graph that we have. Then look at this. Now we are going to show you some animated series with which we grew up. They constituted the visual universe with which we surround ourselves in our childhood. In a very unconscious way, this became the first inspiration that we had to build Guacala. The first case is "Ren and Stimpy". It is an animated series in which two pretty funny characters, It's a Chihuahua and a cat they go through a series of ...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration Applied to Products
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration

Guacala Studio
A course by Guacala Studio
Sebastián Sanchez and Andrés Bolaños are graphic designers and the creators of Guacala Studio. They produce both analog and digital illustrations and work making murals, modifying objects, and promoting workshops of different artistic and creative disciplines for adults and children.
They have been in the profession for over a decade and have worked for brands such as Croop, Border Skateboards, Scummy Bears, Soho Colombia, and American Socks, among others. Their specialty is the creation of fun, nineties-style characters, focusing mainly on illustration for the development of youth products for different brands in Poland, Mexico, and USA. They have also had the opportunity to show their work in Ecuador and Venezuela and have taken part in exhibitions, collaborations, and editorial projects in other countries.
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