Illustration Gym: Find Your Style

Las acciones

A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer

Illustrator and Designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2016
97% positive reviews (257)
5,444 students
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About the video: Las acciones

Overview

“You will learn the difference between passive action and active action. The first is when a character or object travels in space. The second happens when a character or object is on hold and alert. By having one of these two actions, we force some tension on the scene; When what invades the scene does not touch the character, both background and character are disconnected. ”

In this video lesson Santiago Solís Montes de Oca addresses the topic: Las acciones, 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 have reached the final unit. Before diving into the final project. it's essential to understand how scenes function in illustration. Each illustration sets up a scene with both a physical setting and potential storylines. To explore this further. we need to analyze both passive and active actions depicted within these In this image. we observe an active action. Why is it active? Because the characters are in motion. creating a sense of movement and engagement. we're not really interested in what happens in the setting. we know there's a park What intrigues us is her pursuit. Additionally...”

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Course summary for: Illustration Gym: Find Your Style

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (257)
  • 5444 students
  • 5 units
  • 14 lessons (2h 6m)
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Creativity, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

Santiago Solís Montes de Oca

Santiago Solís Montes de Oca
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca

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Illustrator and Designer

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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Illustration Gym: Find Your Style. Illustration course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca

Illustration Gym: Find Your Style

A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca
Illustrator and Designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2016
  • 97% positive reviews (257)
  • 5,444 students