Traditional and Digital Illustration from the Sketch to Printing (Spanish, Multisub)

Find your style, overcome blank paper and learn to dye in a traditional or digital manner Mol and Carla Berrocal – two Designers and Illustrators with very different ways of working with each other – will teach you how to find your own style as an illustrator. You will see the creative process of making an illustration from sketch to inking testing traditional techniques and also the possibilities offered by digital tools. All this from a motivating point of view in which, in addition, you will learn to face blank paper.

Once you have your illustration, you will delve into the home printing technique of the Monotype and you will discover how to apply textures and reproduce them digitally.

What will you learn in this online course? You will begin knowing a little better the work of Carla Berrocal and Mol and their influences.

Next, you will hear the testimony of several professional illustrators to understand the way they face each new project and the guidelines of a psychologist that will help you overcome the obstacles of blank paper.

Then, once overcome the fears, you will see with Carla the process of creating an illustration from the sketch, the preparation of the material, the use of the brush, how to apply contrasts, lights and shadows and solve possible errors.

Then Mol will show you the homemade technique of the Monotype, a printing method with which you can play with the textures and see how the pigments interact. But, if yours is the computer, Mol will also teach you how to bring these same textures to the digital illustration and the keys of digital inking to achieve an artisanal character.

At the end of the course you will have been able to experiment with two different ways of understanding illustration, traditional and digital, and decide which one you want to use.

WHAT IS THE FINAL PROJECT OF THE COURSE?

Make an illustration about your favorite book or movie.

Who is this online course for? Professional illustrators who are looking for their own identity or voice, students of Design and Illustration with technical concerns, fans of drawing and in general, anyone who wants to learn a little of these two techniques.

Requirements and materials For the traditional illustration you will need paper, rubber, pencil, markers, kitchen paper, rulers, paintbrushes, bodybuilder’s tape, spatula, gouache, ink and a glass of water.

For the second part of the course (the Monotype) you will need a roller, watercolor, cutter, eraser and paper.

In the digital part you will need a computer, tablet, keyboard and mouse.

Ah! And you want to have fun.