Illustration: From Idea to Concept
Influences
A course by Mike Sandoval , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Some of my biggest influences come from worlds as different as the comic, Mexican graphics, symbolist painters, posterists and contemporary illustrators. In this lesson I will talk about some of them.”
In this video lesson Mike Sandoval addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration: From Idea to Concept. Learn a new creative process to create solid illustrations from simple ideas.
Partial transcription of the video
“INFLUENCES Now that we talk a little about myself and my career, I would like to share with you some of some authors that throughout my life have inspired me a lot. I, like you, surely have many influences, However, today I chose a couple of authors who still fill my mind today and every time I feel a little uninspired, I turn to them and find things that fascinate me. The first of the authors that I would like to share today is Ernesto "El Chango" Cabral. He is one of the most virtuous cartoonists that Mexico has given. Not only was he a cartoonist, he painted, he was an illustrator, He wo...”
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Course summary for: Illustration: From Idea to Concept
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Creativity, Traditional illustration
Mike Sandoval
A course by Mike Sandoval
After 7 years of experience as an Art Director in advertising agencies, life gave Mike Sandoval the opportunity to make the leap and devote himself to what he always wanted to be: a freelance professional illustrator.
His passion for telling stories in illustrations united him with his second passion: music, making posters for independent bands such as Cardiel, LNG/SHT and Los Viejos to international projects such as Café Tacvba, Zoé, The Prodigy, Queens of the Stone Age, Belle and Sebastian, Kendrick Lamar, Interpol, Incubus, and Foo Fighters, among others.
His client portfolio includes brands such as Wacom, Vans, Nike, Reebok, Indian Beer, White Beer, Victoria Beer, Microsoft, EA, Omega, Casio, and Kipling, among others, performing interventions on walls and in graphics for ads. In addition, he is the founder and organizer of Drink & Draw DF (Mexico).
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