Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
Expanding boundaries with borders
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer
Joined April 2016
About the video: Expanding boundaries with borders
Overview
“We will work with a delimited color palette and see how a border can be a growth factor, because it forces us to be more creative and combine what we have at hand.”
In this video lesson Santiago Solís Montes de Oca addresses the topic: Expanding boundaries with borders, 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
“Welcome to our new unit on animal drawing. Before we dive in. let's explore some key concepts regarding and how it can influence the visual impact of your artwork. As mentioned earlier. understanding is crucial for establishing boundaries and enhancing creativity. but also aids our focus creatively and helps us concentrate better on both shapes and compositions. A boundary isn't just an enclosed space but a spot where we can pause to observe and reflect. and reflect on the scenery. For example. we'll use a very limited palette in this unit. which may seem like small resource. but it will gr...”
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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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