Geometric Collage without Anaesthesia

A course by Susana Blasco , Graphic Designer and Collage Artist

Graphic Designer and Collage Artist. Bilbao, Spain.
Joined August 2008

Four photographic collage techniques to illustrate a title

99% positive reviews (437)
6,337 students
Audio: Spanish
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Four photographic collage techniques to illustrate a title

Do you also have a bit of a Dr. Frankenstein complex? In this online course, Susana Blasco helps you unleash your craft knife to tear apart photographs and bring their pieces back together to create spectacular montages. Susana guides you step by step through the manual process for four different geometric collage techniques to illustrate a book title; an online course to really get your creative teeth into and discover a new approach for future design work.

Collage is a great method to open you up to different approaches as a designer. Whether this is your first time picking up a craft knife or you're already a photo-compositing enthusiast, this course is for you.

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What will you learn in this online course?

11 lessons & 9 downloads

Tools
8 minutes, 18 seconds
Photographic material
9 minutes, 46 seconds
Find repeats or similar
3 minutes, 33 seconds
Collage of couples
9 minutes, 17 seconds
Triangles puzzle
19 minutes, 17 seconds
  • 99% positive reviews (437)
  • 6,337 students
  • 11 lessons (1h 48m)
  • 9 additional resources (6 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

Who is this online course for?

Anyone interested in the world of collage in general and especially geometric collage.

Requirements and materials

You don't need any previous collage or graphic design experience to take this course.

As for materials, you need a metal ruler, a craft knife, glue, magazines, photographs, and the desire to experiment with the collage.


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Susana Blasco

A course by Susana Blasco

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Graphic Designer and Collage Artist

Susana Blasco is a graphic designer, illustrator, and collagist born in Zaragoza, Spain. She has degrees in both advertising and business studies, which she complemented with art and design courses. She then worked as a graphic designer and art director for more than ten years in different advertising studios and agencies. After moving to London in 2008, where she remained until 2011, she began alternating freelance work with her studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She spent the next few years dividing her time between Zaragoza and Berlin, before settling in Bilbao.

Throughout her career she has received several awards and her work has formed part of numerous individual and group exhibitions, being reviewed in different specialized media outlets. In 2007, she founded her own graphic studio and received a DPZ Award to expand her artistic studies overseas.


Content

  • U1

    About me and what I like

    • Introduction and presentation
    • Other Collagists
  • U2

    Materials and first steps

    • Tools
    • Photographic material
    • Find repeats or similar
  • U3

    Geometric collage techniques

    • The collage without cuts. Educate the view
    • Collage of couples
    • Triangles puzzle
    • The mosaic effect
  • U4

    Presentation of the collages

    • Finishing, retouching and final presentation
    • Recommendation and farewell
  • FP

    Final project

    • Geometric collage without anesthesia

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Geometric Collage without Anaesthesia. Craft course by Susana Blasco

Geometric Collage without Anaesthesia

A course by Susana Blasco
Graphic Designer and Collage Artist. Bilbao, Spain.
Joined August 2008
  • 99% positive reviews (437)
  • 6,337 students