Illustration for Music Lovers

A course by Oscar Giménez , Illustrator and Designer

Illustrator and Designer. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined June 2004

Create a poster for your favorite band

99% positive reviews (197)
2,738 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Create a poster for your favorite band

Would you like to design a poster for a concert by your favorite band? If the answer is yes, keep reading. In this course, renowned music illustrator Oscar Giménez teaches you how to transform the emotions conveyed by your favorite music into a spectacular graphic result. Work step by step, from searching for resources to applying the latest tricks and effects to give your poster extra impact, always seeking harmony between aesthetics and their communicative function. And yes, background music is mandatory.

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What will you learn in this online course?

13 lessons & 11 downloads

The creative process
5 minutes, 38 seconds
Creation of the sketch
7 minutes, 14 seconds
Planning the base: The collage
17 minutes, 52 seconds
Brushes and color
16 minutes, 39 seconds
  • 99% positive reviews (197)
  • 2,738 students
  • 13 lessons (2h 30m)
  • 11 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

Who is this online course for?

This course is for anyone who is passionate about music and its aesthetics, and anyone who works in the field of digital-illustration design.

Requirements and materials

To take this course you need a pencil, paper, and basic knowledge of Photoshop. A graphics tablet is optional. Apart from this, don't worry—you don't need to know how to draw. Oscar Giménez teaches you to use reference images that serve as a base and guide you while illustrating. Add the desire to let yourself go and plenty of creativity.


Reviews

2,738 Students
197 Reviews
99% Positive ratings

Oscar Giménez

A course by Oscar Giménez

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Illustrator and Designer

Oscar Giménez is a hopeless illustrator. He is permanently dissatisfied, although fortunately, after 13 years in the profession, he no longer believes in perfectionism, nor in luck. He does believe in dedication, slow cooking, and music as the best opium, so much so that he also co-directs a music magazine in the spare time that he doesn't have and devours concerts as if he were paid for it.

He was born in Barcelona and welcomed by Madrid. If you look closely, you will be able to see his work in the press, in publicity, on television, in murals, on book and magazine covers, and on records and posters. If you don't pay attention, it may be he who is watching you, because his restless head is an exhausting catalog of references of all kinds. He's not a genius, although the coats look good on him and that can throw you off from afar. Some of his clients are Adobe, Playboy, Universal Music, Rolling Stone, Audi, Heineken Music Selector, Telecinco, El País, and The National Magazine Company, among others.

In his music posters he has illustrated Elliot Brood, Pumuky, Vivian Girls, The Human League, No Age, Crystal Fighters, and many more.


Content

  • U1

    Introducing the band: Introduction and references

    • Presentation and project
    • On illustrated posters: References and influences
  • U2

    Nervous in the backstage: The preparations

    • The creative process
    • Creation of the sketch
    • Planning the base: The collage
    • Brushes and color
  • U3

    To stage! To give everything in the illustration

    • Creating the background with geometry and palette
    • "The fauna" - Illustrating the main figures
    • Customization of texts
    • "Mysticism" - The eye and the sparkles
    • "The flora" - Flowers and mountains
  • U4

    "Criticism": It's time to give the final finish

    • Embellishment and cohesive
    • Print and display
  • FP

    Final project

    • Illustration for music lovers

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Illustration for Music Lovers. Illustration course by Oscar Giménez

Illustration for Music Lovers

A course by Oscar Giménez
Illustrator and Designer. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined June 2004
  • 99% positive reviews (197)
  • 2,738 students