Illustration for Beginners: Find Your Own Method

Daniel Roldán starts the course by showing you some of his graphic work and talks about his experience as a college professor. He also tells you about four artists who have inspired him, taking you through some of their work and explaining what he loves most about them.

Next, experiment with different materials and let their expressivity speak for itself. Continue with the exploration process, turning everyday objects you have around the house into creative tools; Daniel teaches you how to use them in different ways and play around with layers, cuttings, and textures.

Now it’s time to work on your illustration! First, take a look at the relationship between a text and an image to discover the endless ways shapes can be read as words. Then, try different methods such as tracing something you like and drawing with your eyes closed.

This is where typography comes into play; Daniel teaches you how to choose and where to position it in relation to your illustration. Finish up by learning how to adapt your final project to digital format to share on social media and to analog format to publish as a fanzine.