Inside a Creative Notebook: Explore Your Illustration Process
A course by Karishma Chugani , Artist, Illustrator, and Educator
Joined August 2011
Unlock your creativity with illustration techniques to record and develop your creative process for artistic projects
Unlock your creativity with illustration techniques to record and develop your creative process for artistic projects
Joined August 2011
A sketchbook is a fundamental tool in any creative process. It provides a free space for experimenting, playing, and most importantly, making mistakes.
In this course, artist Karishma Chugani walks you through her creative process for developing an entire visual project inside a sketchbook. By capturing inspiration and ideas in a single place, learn to overcome creative blocks by exploring experimental techniques in drawing, stamping, and paper cutting.
If you’d like to build on your creative idea by crafting your own storybook, be sure to check out Karishma’s first Domestika course: Paper Cutting Techniques for Storytelling.
What will you learn in this online course?
18 lessons & 63 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (966)
- 26,938 students
- 18 lessons (4h 17m)
- 63 additional resources (12 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English, Turkish
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create 8 double-page spreads in an experimental sketchbook, using illustration techniques to define your own visual language.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone looking to expand their creativity, from students to creative professionals.
Requirements and materials
To take this course, you should have a desire to connect with your creativity. Previous drawing experience is recommended, but not necessary.
For your final project, you will need a sketchbook and the tools of your choice for drawing, writing, cutting, and coloring.
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A course by Karishma Chugani
Karishma Chugani is an artist, designer, writer, and illustrator from Morocco. She has a degree in Fashion Design with Printing from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and a Masters in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University in Design Futures.
Karishma has worked as a fashion designer, published several books, and participated in collective and solo exhibitions internationally. She also teaches creativity workshops to children, teachers, and illustrators at her mobile school L’École de Papier, as well as institutions like Institut Français Madrid & Casablanca, Casablanca American School, Colegio Santa Isabel Madrid, and Libreria Gil in Santander. Her clients include Jerraflore, Le Chocolat des Francais, Marketing Magazine France, Jamini Paris, and the toy shop Wonderland.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences: What Makes Me Tick?
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U2
Collecting Materials
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What’s in Your Toolbox?
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Under the Covers
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Undercover: Collecting Research and Memorabilia
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U3
Facing the Blank Page
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Name It
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Playing with Colour
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Composing the Page 1: Research (Part 1)
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Composing the Page 1: Research (Part 2)
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Composing the Page 2: Tampering the Research
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U4
State of Play
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Paper Cutting Techniques 1
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Paper Cutting Techniques 2
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Stamping Techniques
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Mixed Techniques with Textiles
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Drawing 1
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Drawing 2
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U5
Tips and Tricks to Unlocking Your Creativity
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Looking at Your Work
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What Now? Possibilities
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FP
Final project
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Inside a Creative Notebook: Explore Your Illustration Process
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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.
maymogstad
Wonderful course! After a long rut, this helps my imagination to come alive again.
claudiaoliveira23
Gostei muito.
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mitchtoyama
PlusThis was a great way to begin thinking outside the box. I loved each element of the course. THANK YOU for having it for those of us who are not just beginners
melaniehazen
PlusGorgeous course and soothing teaching. Perfect for my creative process. I’m just getting started and I already feel inspired!
j.jackiblair
I’ve listen to the classes as is my habit. I didn’t quite know what I had signed up for. It’s wonderful and I can’t quite believe my luck. Thank you. I begin in a few minutes.