Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
Basic composition tips
A course by Siamés Escalante , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Basic composition tips
Overview
“Since you decided which of your thumbnails is the one that best represents your idea, you should refine the composition of your drawing. For this, it is necessary to take into account the elements that you want to highlight in your drawing and give them more weight, either with a much lighter shade than all the others or a darker one, a much larger size or put it first. flat. ”
In this video lesson Siamés Escalante addresses the topic: Basic composition tips, 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 Basic composition tips Since we made our "thumbnails" and we decided which one best communicates our idea, we have to fine-tune the composition of our drawing a little. To do this, we need to know what elements we want to highlight, what are the values that we will have in our drawing, what will be the main elements, what will be more or less. This is why we need to compose it in a way that is consistent with what we mean. We can highlight our images either making the main element darker or highlight it by making the background darker and the clearest main character. Note that we h...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
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Category
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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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