Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
The references
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer
Joined April 2016
Joined April 2016
About the video: The references
Overview
“You will start drawing a series of four portraits of first intention, based on references and selecting a tool that is comfortable for you. You will see how, with the passage of time and repetition, you will better understand your drawing. ”
In this video lesson Santiago Solís Montes de Oca addresses the topic: The references, 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
“THE REFERENCES In this lesson we will draw from references. For both professional artists and those who are starting, It is a good way to practice and exercise the drawing. A good place to find references is the internet, because there are endless faces to draw. From Facebook, Instagram ... That is, everyone takes pictures, there are a lot of selfies, so one can steal some images from the networks, accumulating in a folder and practice face drawing every day. For example, I found this photo that I hope is not someone of your acquaintances, but I found an interesting face, is looking like th...”
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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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