Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
Simple is complex
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer
Joined April 2016
Joined April 2016
About the video: Simple is complex
Overview
“We will study a group of animals of the same species: birds, felines or reptiles. They share, as a species, particular forms that we can isolate. We will draw a real one, then we will alter some forms, we will repeat them with other animals of the same species and see if they are applicable to other cases (forms of felines to forms of birds or reptiles).”
In this video lesson Santiago Solís Montes de Oca addresses the topic: Simple is complex, 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
“We had discussed that Picasso's way of interpreting the bull isn't the first. Let's delve into why this is true. If we reflect on art history. from cave paintings onward. many artists have depicted bulls in unique simplifications of animals. and they are also prevalent in craftwork. Let's look at some examples. Here we have three handmade items: a tiny alebrije from Oaxaca and two others purchased directly from a young seller in Chiapas. Notice we can infer it's a tiger from the stripes on this character. The color leans more yellow. whereas a tiger typically appears more orange. yet it mai...”
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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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