Overcoming Creative Blocks: Form Ideas in a Sketchbook

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Course overview

Provider
Domestika
Course type
Paid course
Level
Beginner
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
2 hours
Lessons
15 lessons
Certificate
Available on completion
Course author
Raúl Nieto Guridi

Want to develop your own graphic identity to illustrate your ideas? Author, illustrator, and designer Raúl Guridi guides you on a journey to discover your own by teaching you the creation process and techniques for finding inspiration. He specializes in the field of children's literature and has published more than 70 books with translations in many countries across the globe including the United States, Italy, France, and Russia.

In this Domestika course, learn strategies to overcome and work around creative blocks using words, objects, and images, and create a sketchbook with a series of illustrations where you can develop your style and graphic identity. By the end, you'll know how to draw with words and write with pictures.

Description

Discover strategies to develop your graphic identity by learning to draw with words and to write with pictures

Illustrator Raúl Guridi opens the course by introducing himself and telling you about his professional background. He also talks about his work method and shares some of his creative influences.

Delve into the world of illustration and creativity by exploring three key concepts: identity, intention, and coincidence. Play with words, photographs, and objects to "trigger yourself" and find inspiration.

Next, begin the search for your graphic identity by elaborating on a central idea. Analyze potential creative avenues for your project, decide what story you want to tell, and translate your ideas into a storyboard.

Continue by outlining the plot and developing your illustrated universe, who inhabits it, and the conflict that moves your story. Then, decide how your adventure begins.

To round out the course, Raúl discusses the feasibility of your project to help you make more informed decisions. Finish up by exploring the expressive possibilities of your story based on the target audience and select what format you want to present it in.

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