Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper
A course by user29750 surname29750 , Editorial illustrator
Joined April 2010
Learn the whole process of drawing and coloring narrative scenes from scratch
Learn the whole process of drawing and coloring narrative scenes from scratch
Joined April 2010
Darkness, mystery, and magic define Chilean illustrator Alfredo Cáceres' style. Through his illustrations, he aims to generate a bond with the spectator, as if he were telling them a secret through his drawings, making them accomplices without the need for words. Specializing in editorial illustration, Alfredo has worked for newspapers such as La Tercera and El Mercurio (Chile), publishing houses such as SM Chile and Alfaguara (Spain), and audiovisual projects.
In this course, Alfredo teaches you how to make an illustration from concept to outcome, by showing you some simple exercises to conquer the process of creating an illustrated narrative scene based on a story. After the conceptualization process, turn your ideas into sketches, layout the images, before choosing one, and learn how to bring it to life with watercolors and fineliner pens.
What will you learn in this online course?
12 lessons & 21 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (400)
- 5,819 students
- 12 lessons (1h 30m)
- 21 additional resources (9 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Make an illustration that represents a story of your choice. Alfredo’s will be based on the story The Black Sheep by Italo Calvino.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to learn how to expand their drawings’ universe and learn how to split the creative process into different parts so that it does not become so overwhelming.
Requirements and materials
To take this course you only need a desire to draw and learn, because the main focus of the course is not in the illustration’s details, but in the creativity behind it.
As for materials, you will need white paper, watercolor paper (for example Canson Heritage Cold Press paper), graphite pencils, 0.3 and 0.5 Rotring fineliner pens, watercolors in tube or pans, paintbrushes in sizes 2, 4, and 6, and watercolor pencils in red and dark blue.
Reviews
A course by user29750 surname29750
Alfredo Cáceres is an editorial illustrator who specializes in editorial illustration and animation projects.
He started working in 2008 in the newspaper El Mercurio as an illustrator for six years. Since then, he has worked as a freelancer for the newspaper La Tercera, he has written and illustrated two album books published by SM Chile (Los Intrusos y Los Visitantes), book covers for Alfaguara Spain, and now he is writing and illustrating a graphic novel in his spare time.
Alfredo has developed a somewhat dark, magical, and mysterious style, based on his youth in the south of Chile (Valdivia) using the typical wooden houses, the moss, and the rain as characters.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in this course?
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U2
The idea and the sketch
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The illustrator and his story
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The style
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Crafting an idea
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U3
How to draw a thief, an honest man and a house
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Materials
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Format and composition
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From drawing to color
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U4
Last round
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Different types of finish
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How to deal with mistakes
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Last thoughts
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FP
Final project
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Illustrated Stories: From Idea to Paper
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An excellent course!! It hooked me so much that I did it all in one go! Highly recommended!
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A good course with great tips, to achieve an original result.
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An excellent course! It's informative, and helpful in breaking down the process of creating.
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Excellent, my only request is that he would speak half as fast...mucho mas lento, my Spanish is capable of understanding clear and deliberate enunciation and if there were a way to retard the speed of the audible part I would have done so.
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I loved the course, clear explanations
and very didactic.
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