Illustration Gym: Find Your Style
Las combinaciones
A course by Santiago Solís Montes de Oca , Illustrator and Designer
Joined April 2016
About the video: Las combinaciones
Overview
“Starting from a photograph, where an animal is in action and interaction with man, we will combine everything learned: alteration of the face, alteration of the animals and color palettes. ”
In this video lesson Santiago Solís Montes de Oca addresses the topic: Las combinaciones, 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 are going to apply everything learned throughout the lessons. For this. we'll use a photographic reference and make... Two sketches. In the previous lesson. we talked about active and passive actions. In this scene. for instance. there is a boy inside this door. which is a sculpture. In a picturesque village in Italy. below lies a group of sheep resting peacefully at the foot of an idyllic scene. To add dynamism to this tranquil picture. i propose placing elements that might disturb or interact with the sheep. such as a passing dog or rustling wind. Imagine if a wolf were to appear here;...”
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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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