Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
A stroll along the line
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer
Joined April 2016
About the video: A stroll along the line
Overview
“Through the books of four cartoonists, we will review how each one gives a particular handling to the line.”
In this video lesson Santiago Solís Montes de Oca addresses the topic: A stroll along the line, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Gym: Find Your Style. Explore different illustration paths, learn new techniques, and exercise your imagination.
Partial transcription of the video
“A RIDE BY THE STRIPE Hi, how are you? In this lesson we will talk about the line, and how that line is worked by different illustrators, and it is very important to keep in mind that the line You will acquire a lot of each person's personality. Each person uses the line differently, and therefore we have some examples that we will see next. For example we have this book of "The West Wing" by Edward Gorey, An American author who developed his work between 60 and 70. Let's see some examples of his work. This book has no words, but I really like the way he uses the line. If they are fixed, the...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Creativity, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

Santiago Solís Montes de Oca
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca
A native of Mexico City and raised in Durango, Mexico, Santiago Solís Montes de Oca is a designer, self-taught illustrator, and art director. His work has been exhibited in Europe, South America, the United Arab Emirates, and Mexico. He has a particular interest in making and designing posters, books, projects, and collaborations with professionals from other disciplines where the value lies in the sum of all its creative parts.
He is currently director of the Mano de Papel design studio, coordinator of CASA Ilustración Narrativa, and associate editor at Malpaís Ediciones and Libros de Mano (in the Los Indelibles collection in collaboration with Oink Ediciones).
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