Digital Sketchbook: Awaken Your Creativity
A course by Del Hambre , Illustrator
Learn different techniques for exploring your imagination and improve your method of drawing the world
Learn different techniques for exploring your imagination and improve your method of drawing the world
What were your favorite toys as a child? Fernando Del Hambre has always been partial to colored pencils and notebooks. From a young age, the illustrator has never stopped telling stories through his drawings. If you enjoy experimenting on a blank canvas and are interested in learning some techniques for bringing your creative work to life, this course is for you.
Throughout the course, you’ll learn how to develop a better creative process, gain confidence, and enhance your way of seeing the world. Using some of Del Hambre’s favorite exercises, watch your ideas jump off the page in your digital sketchbook, the perfect portfolio and cover letter for future clients.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 17 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (59)
- 1,476 students
- 17 lessons (3h 4m)
- 17 additional resources (13 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?
Create a digital sketchbook that demonstrates different techniques and exercises and can serve as a portfolio for clients.
The goal is to develop a small visual publication that shows your work in an alternative way, using a playful dialog that strengthens your voice as an illustrator and serves as the basis for a portfolio.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for cartoonists who want to experiment with new challenges, as well as illustrators looking to get out of their comfort zone and upgrade their skill set. Ultimately, the course is aimed at improving the creative process, gaining confidence, and enhancing your way of seeing the world around you.
Requirements and materials
To take this course, you should like drawing, be open to new things, and enjoy experimenting.
Regarding materials, you will need a computer with Photoshop installed and a graphics tablet or interactive monitor
Reviews
A course by Del Hambre
With an academic background in illustration and graphic arts, Fernando Del Hambre redirected his career after dedicating himself to editorial design for more than 15 years. After working as an art director at Prisa Magazine and McCann Spain, he has been dedicated exclusively to illustration since 2013.
In 2016, he began collaborating and developing projects as a freelance creative director for UNESCO, FAO, and GREENPEACE Spain. Since March 2020, he has been drawing in the Sunday Opinion section of El País. His client list includes Young & Rubicam, El Mundo, Icon, Gentleman, Cinemanía, Forbes, and Principia, among others.
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
Exercises to warm up the hand
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Materials and techniques
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Set up
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Stroke 1
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Stroke 2
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Improvisation, working with references and color 1
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Improvisation, working with references and color 2
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U3
Style exercises and search for concepts
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Drawing, expressiveness and characters 1
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Drawing, expressiveness and characters 2
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Draw concepts
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Work with a text 1
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Work with a text 2
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Narrative
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U4
Have a speech
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Cover and back cover
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Final advice
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FP
Final project
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Digital sketchbook: awaken your creativity
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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aalitica
Adorei o professor, ele explica muito bem, e ao mesmo tempo é bem realista quanto ao tempo que levaremos para realmente aprender, dá detalhes o bastante para você seguir sozinho depois da aula.
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manoelcmeira
Curso muito bom, o ministrante tem domínio e didática explicando passo a passo.
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activatemagazine
es un excelente curso, me a ayudado mucho a iniciar en el mundo del dibujo
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neena_s
The exercises were fantastic and the techniques and information provided were extremely valuable!