Illustrated Ideas: Draw Your Inner Universe

Start your journey by getting to know your instructor, 72kilos, who tells you about his professional career full of notebooks, ideas, and projects that sometimes panned out, but other times fell through. He also shares his biggest influences and shows you where he finds inspiration for his illustrations.

Search for your own inspiration by analyzing the work of different comic and cartoon artists and see how they express their vision with minimal elements. Then, learn your teacher's approach to coming up with ideas before illustrating and make a concept map to find a topic for your illustration.

Write a text that conveys your message without using many words. Explore different visual concepts that complement your text as well as illustrate your story clearly and concisely. Your teacher then shows you how to pick out stories that need to be told across several panels and how to create continuity between them.

Once you have the idea, it's time to work on your illustration. Upload your sketch to your favorite digital tool and add shadows and colors to create visual harmony with your written message. To wrap up the course, 72kilos gives you some tips on how to post your comic strip on social media and share your inner world with your followers.