Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
Dusting off your creativity 2
A course by Siamés Escalante , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Dusting off your creativity 2
Overview
“Remember that we don't have to be expert writers or poets, but we do need to exercise our imagination and practice our ability to synthesize and develop our ideas. I will continue explaining to you how we can play with the narrative through the various possibilities that graphite offers us. ”
In this video lesson Siamés Escalante addresses the topic: Dusting off your creativity 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners. Create illustrations that tell a story with a variety of graphite pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“LESSON 2 Dusting off your creativity If you look at this area, little by little I will build the light. Here I already have a super soft base with the 2H. Then HB and then 4H. And that's how I'm going to go throughout the illustration with this gradation of tones so that this area is the one with much more light and gradually darken outwards. I remind you to be very patient when you are illustrating, make your passes smooth and precise and do not overdo it. It is the best advice I can give you. Go slowly, smooth passes, layer by layer, gradually darken so the artwork has smooth transitions ...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Siamés Escalante
A course by Siamés Escalante
Adrianna “Siamés” Escalante is a Mexican illustrator born in the Yucatán province, currently living in Mexico City. Her style is inspired by Japanese culture and by the extraordinary imaginative world of children's stories. The illustrations that she creates are considered wholesome and full of life, capable of transporting the viewer to a universe of innocence, fantasy, and melancholy.
She works in editorial as well as creating commercial pieces for clients such as Penguin Random House, Vans, Izzi Telecom, and el Palacio de Hierro. Her work has been exhibited in various art galleries.
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