Graphic Experimentation for Artistic Illustration

Mood board

A course by user71638 surname71638 , Illustrator and Painter

Illustrator and Painter. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined May 2012

Create images with watercolors, acrylics, pastels and other techniques and illustrate pieces that bring a text to life

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1,247 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Mood board

Overview

“Creating a universe of images that surrounds the execution of your illustrations will not only make you remember your horizon faster, but will also help you avoid falling into common places. ”

In this video lesson user71638 surname71638 addresses the topic: Mood board, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Experimentation for Artistic Illustration . Create images with watercolors, acrylics, pastels and other techniques and illustrate pieces that bring a text to life .

Partial transcription of the video

“Mood board In this lesson we will learn how to make a mood board, which basically works like a universe, a constellation of images that will surround the proposal that each one of you makes, but I will give you some useful tips in the very personal way in which I approach this issue. First of all, what I usually do is go to Google and type the words that seem important to me within my text or if I don't know any part of the text or if i need a reference of how to draw a character, an object, an animal from history. I also do this by going to bookstores where there is a wide variety of pictu...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Experimentation for Artistic Illustration

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (61)
  • 1247 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (3h 44m)
  • 11 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Acrylic Painting, Communication, Creativity, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

user71638 surname71638

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Illustrator and Painter

Illustrator Santiago Guevara graduated with a degree in graphic design from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá, Colombia. He combines his work as a freelance illustrator–primarily for children's books and young adult literature–with a teaching position in the art department at the Pontifical Xavierian University.

He has collaborated with magazines, newspapers, publishing companies, and both national and international clients. To date, he has published and co-authored numerous books with a variety of writers and companies, including Corazón de león by Antonio Ungar, Los irlandeses by Jairo Buitrago, La gata sola by Carolina Sanín, Soy asesino y padre de familia by Fabio Rubiano, and Los 16 motivos del lobo by Amalia Moreno.


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Graphic Experimentation for Artistic Illustration . Illustration course by user71638 surname71638

Graphic Experimentation for Artistic Illustration

A course by user71638 surname71638
Illustrator and Painter. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined May 2012
  • 100% positive reviews (61)
  • 1,247 students