Creative Sketchbooks for Illustration Projects
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Lessons
- 15 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Manuel Vargas
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How many times have you had a good idea and find it difficult to visualize, capture its full potential, or explore its possibilities? Learn illustrator and designer Manuel Vargas’ secrets and how he experiments in a sketchbook to create a wide repertoire of original drawings and unique references.
In this course, learn how to use a sketchbook as a tool for creating visual resources that can inspire your next graphic projects. Discover an easy way to create an idea book full of textures, materials, and clippings. Once finished, you can use it to apply past ideas to your next creative project.
Description
Manuel describes his creative sketchbook as "a mental gym...a visual tool for organizing your ideas". Learn about his professional career, his inspirations, and the importance of using a sketchbook for his creative process.
Learn the advantages of using a sketchbook as a portable studio where you can release your ideas—including materials, clippings, and more. Continue by doing some exercises to work on observation, composition, and creation of textures.
Next, select a topic and define a graphic direction to explore. Compose an image bank on each page and learn how to select shapes, textures, and drawings that will shape your project. Learn to digitize the contents of your sketchbook and discover the art of collage in Photoshop.
Once you have basic illustrations, Manuel shows you how to perfect them and give them a professional finish. Add some details and learn how to create print-ready files and other sizes for uploading on social media.
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