Illustration: From Idea to Concept
A Great Concept and what we don't want to see
A course by Mike Sandoval , Illustrator
About the video: A Great Concept and what we don't want to see
Overview
“In this lesson, we will brainstorm to try to avoid the most obvious points and common places in this way we will begin to build the storytelling to achieve a memorable illustration. We discard common places and "first ideas" and now we have in our hands the germination of an idea ready to start nurturing it. ”
In this video lesson Mike Sandoval addresses the topic: A Great Concept and what we don't want to see, 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
“A GREAT CONCEPT (AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE) One of the things I enjoy doing when creating a new illustration It is juxtaposing concepts. If we start mixing things, We can reach very interesting, very different and original things. As we know, when there is a customer involved, many times we have to stick to a "brief" or follow a line or follow certain rules. On this occasion, we will start from scratch and it is an excellent excuse to be able to talk about my passions. For example, in the animal kingdom, insects are the animals that attract my attention and I think that from there we ca...”
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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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