Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
The references
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer
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
“In this lesson. we will draw from references. suitable for both professional artists and beginners alike. For beginners looking to improve their skills. practicing with facial drawings can be highly internet serves as an excellent resource for finding references. offering a vast array of faces from various social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. With people posting countless selfies every day. you might discreetly gather images from social media. building a practice folder daily. accumulating a folder And practice sketching different facial expressions every day. For instance. i...”
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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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