Hi friends! Another year that begins and many illustrators and creatives are looking for commissions and money wherever they can find it. The thing is, making a living from a creative profession is never easy (later on I'm planning to write about different types of illustration professionals,...
As I have already announced, every month I will upload mini tips, tutorials, videos and examples of the creative ideas that I propose in the illustrated calendar. My idea with this is to spend some time doing something creative, trying new things, having a good time...
Hi friends! The new year is almost here and it is a good time to stop and reflect on the year we left behind and think about what will become of us plan for next year. For my part, this year has been crazy. 2019 was already a...
You don't know how hard it is to write this. But I think it is very necessary, since it is a problem that affects many illustrators, creatives and people in general, both professionally and personally. Impostor syndrome is a phenomenon that makes us think that our...
Hi! Today we will talk about the portfolio layout and I will show you some editorial design basic: the grid. We will need: A computer The files of our illustrations well ordered, as I said in previous post (if you do not usually work in digital,...
I've been unable to upload videos for a few months due to technical problems with my computer (in early July my laptop died unexpectedly and a series of catastrophic misfortunes prevented me from getting a new computer until the end of August). I've been able...
We are getting closer to laying out the portfolio, but first I want to dedicate an entry to other basic elements that we need to decide before starting to lay out: composition, typography and color. Remember that designing is an act of conscious creation, that is,...
Once we have learned about the world of illustration and the specific sector we want to target, it is time to curate the content of our portfolio. And that's when the first questions come to us: what do I include? How many images do I...
As I have mentioned before, as well as being an illustrator I am a graphic designer. They are two professions that go hand in hand, and having a basic knowledge of graphic design will help us as illustrators. That is why I want to make...
Almost without noticing it, summer has arrived. As this year I cannot afford to go on vacation, I have thought of escaping through my sketchbook. I have a complicated relationship with my sketchbook, on the one hand I love the idea but on the other hand...