Visual Storytelling with Graphite for Beginners
Conceptualization and search for references 1
A course by Siamés Escalante , Illustrator and graphic designer
About the video: Conceptualization and search for references 1
Overview
“In this last lesson, I will give you some tips to find your references that will help you to make the final sketch of your illustration. Finally, I will share some parts of my process to move from the sketch to the final illustration and some recommendations for shading and making all the final details. ”
In this video lesson Siamés Escalante addresses the topic: Conceptualization and search for references 1, 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 3 Conceptualization and search for references Since we have decided what image we want to tell and we have made our "thumbnails" to know how we want to count it, It is time to search our references. By references I don't mean to find a ready-made image that more or less resembles what you want to convey. I mean to look for those images that will help us to build a unique and completely ours image. For example, in the case of my image, I decided that I wanted to tell my story through non-human characters. I preferred to focus on dad and daughter, but represent them differently. So I w...”
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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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