Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab

Overview

“There are many things that inspire me: from the cartoons I saw as a child, to Mexican folk art and its unique characteristics, to skateboards and its relationship with art, among others. All of them have played a very important role in who I am as an artist and as a person.”

In this video lesson Alfonso De Anda addresses the topic: Influences and inspiration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab. Publish your first fanzine and rediscover the joy of working with paper.

Partial transcription of the video

“INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATION Since I talked about who I am and where I come from, I'm going to tell you a little about my influences and where I take inspiration from. An influence of small were the cartoons, specifically, the Cartoon Network cartoon generation where "The Powerpuff Girls" were created, "Dexter's Laboratory", "Ed, Edd and Eddy" and at that time what happened in Nickelodeon. Seeing cartoons apart from being entertained I started to exercise my imagination and it seemed superinteresting and I enjoyed watching The art of cartoons. They were very good stories told through drawings...”

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Course summary for: Fanzine and Self-publishing Lab

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (415)
• 6990 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 48m)

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Areas

  Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration