Illustrated Ideas: Draw Your Inner Universe
A course by 72kilosIllustrator and Cartoon Artist
A course by 72kilos, Illustrator and Cartoon Artist
Combine texts and images to create comic strips that tell a simple, powerful and heartfelt story
The process of creating a comic panel can be an enlightening journey through your inner universe. Óscar Alonso, better known by nearly two million followers on social media as 72kilos, shares his personal and unfiltered worldview through illustrated stories. He uses tiny characters, trees, and hills to express mountain-sized ideas, an approach that has led him to collaborate with major brands like Adidas, Amnesty International, and the Spanish Red Cross.
In this course, learn techniques to condense a complex message into a simple illustration that reflects your personal style. Discover how to combine texts and images to create comic strips that tell a simple, powerful, and heartfelt story. Pack your bag and let the journey begin!
What will you learn in this online course?
12 lessons & 14 downloads
Different cartoonists
12 minutes, 24 seconds
Ideas map
7 minutes, 32 seconds
From concept to text
11 minutes, 30 seconds
From text to image
17 minutes, 41 seconds
A story with several vignettes
11 minutes, 4 seconds
Digital drawing
15 minutes, 40 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start your journey by getting to know your instructor, 72kilos, who tells you about his professional career full of notebooks, ideas, and projects that sometimes panned out, but other times fell through. He also shares his biggest influences and shows you where he finds inspiration for his illustrations.
Search for your own inspiration by analyzing the work of different comic and cartoon artists and see how they express their vision with minimal elements. Then, learn your teacher's approach to coming up with ideas before illustrating and make a concept map to find a topic for your illustration.
Write a text that conveys your message without using many words. Explore different visual concepts that complement your text as well as illustrate your story clearly and concisely. Your teacher then shows you how to pick out stories that need to be told across several panels and how to create continuity between them.
Once you have the idea, it's time to work on your illustration. Upload your sketch to your favorite digital tool and add shadows and colors to create visual harmony with your written message. To wrap up the course, 72kilos gives you some tips on how to post your comic strip on social media and share your inner world with your followers.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Illustrate a series of comics that capture your personal voice and tell a story by combining texts and images.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators, designers, and anyone who wants to explore their own worldview and express it through illustration.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is necessary to take this course.
All you need is a notebook, drawing materials, and a computer or tablet to digitize your illustration (optional).
Reviews
- 4 months ago
kolay takip edilebiliyor, keyifli
- 7 months ago
Es muy inspirador. Hace tiempo que lo sigo en redes sociales, me encanta su trabajo.
- 8 months ago
Sin duda alguna me ha encantado !! Ha despertado muchísimo mi creatividad y me llevo muchas herramientas para seguir creando. Mil gracias !!
- 1 year ago
Está muy interesante. Me llama mucho la atención el título, El mundo interior a partir de viñetas. El dibujo es una linda forma de interiorizar.
- 1 year ago
Está genial. Sencillo de seguir y muy inspirador!!
He also has thirteen years of experience working in creative advertising, where he developed the ability to quickly generate lots of new ideas and adapt them to contexts with limited time and space. This experience also gave him the skill set he needed to successfully launch and develop his career as an illustrator.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
Getting ready
- Different cartoonists
- Exercises to promote imagination
- Ideas map
- U3
Create a vignette
- From concept to text
- From text to image
- A story with several vignettes
- U4
Developing our vignette
- Digital drawing
- Color and shade 1
- Color and shade 2
- Tips for social media
- FP
Final project
- Illustrated ideas: draw your inner universe
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FAQs
The course is aimed at people with intermediate knowledge; having basic drawing and illustration skills is recommended to get the most out of the content and exercises.
You’ll need paper, pencils, notebooks, and access to a digital illustration program like Procreate or something similar. Having access to visual references and a device to digitize sketches is also helpful.
You’ll learn techniques for creating comics, developing visual storytelling, distilling ideas, combining text and images, experimenting with color and composition, and managing personal illustration projects for blogs or social media.
Yes, the course covers strategies for documenting personal challenges, organizing content, and publishing your comics on blogs, books, or social media, helping you build your own creative project.
Yes, you’ll learn how to digitize sketches, work with layers, choose brushes, and apply color and shading in Procreate or similar tools to develop your own style.
You’ll do idea mapping, structured brainstorming, concept trees, and sketching exercises to turn complex topics into effective comics.
The course offers analysis of graphic influences, style exploration exercises, and composition techniques, helping you define and refine your personal artistic identity.