Digital illustration with Krita and OpenSource programs

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From 23.02 $ /h

With the arrival of new technologies, changes in program pricing and rates have become a nightmare, programs with unpayable rents and services that are updated every year, changing the interface and its operation... it is necessary to look for alternatives.

This course offers you an introduction to Krita, a free and OpenSource digital painting program that will allow you to create images at a professional level and learn about free alternatives on the market. We will carry out digital painting exercises for backgrounds, concepts and 2D video games in which we will be able to explore the Krita tools.

Extra information

You will need a Wacom or Cinitq type graphics tablet, with or without a screen, and drawing experience.

Location

Online from Spain

About Me

My name is Camilo, I am a Colombian comic artist, visual artist and illustrator with great interest in documentary graphic novel formats and non-fiction projects. I have drawn 8 graphic novels of which three have also been written by me.

I have lived in Colombia and the United States, my training in both comics and contemporary art has allowed me to appreciate drawing beyond academic canons, seeing it as a personal and valid process at any time in life or the learning process. of student

Education

Undergraduate: Master of Fine Arts, Departmental Institute of Fine Arts of Cali, 2010.
Master: Master in Audiovisual Script Creation, Unir, 2016.
MFA: MFA in Visual Studies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2020.

Experience / Qualifications

2020 MCAD MCBA Fellowship. Minneapolis, MN, USA.
2019 The White Page Fellowship. Minneapolis, MN, USA.
2016 Intervene history prize. House of the Vase Independence Museum. Colombia.
2014 Local Creation Scholarships, BLOC 2014. Cali. Colombia.
2013 Printing Scholarships. The independent. 2013. Bogota. Colombia.
First Prize. II Cartoon Contest Fiesta de Bogotá, Idartes, Comic strip modality. Bogota. Colombia.
2012 Santa Fé Gallery Circulation Scholarship, 2012- Exhibition in 2013. Bogotá. Colombia.
2011 Graphic Novel Creation Scholarship, Idartes 2011. November 2011-February2012. With the project Isolated Warmth. Bogota. Colombia.
2010 Thesis project with Honors. Departmental Institute of Fine Arts, Cali. Colombia.
2008 Third Place. II National Meeting of Fine Art Colleges, Sincelejo. Colombia.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

60 minutes

The class is taught in

Spanish

English

Skills

Illustration

Graphic design

Digital arts

Availability of a typical week

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New York

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