Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas

Creativity, communication and neurons

A course by Javirroyo, Illustrator

Illustrator . Barcelona, Spain.
Joined November 2018
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3,969 students
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About the video: Creativity, communication and neurons

Overview

“In this lesson I am going to define what creativity is. We are going to discover why many of us stopped drawing as children and then I will show you what is the process that I follow from the moment I start looking for an idea until I publish it.”

In this video lesson Javirroyo addresses the topic: Creativity, communication and neurons, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas. Train your creativity by doing simple exercises and discover tools to tackle your next drawing project.

Partial transcription of the video

“Before starting the lesson. i'll tell you that I've always drawn. i've always been very interested in the world of ideas and creativity. and I've always tried to get closer to that world to try to discover where ideas are born. This. combined with the fact that I find it hard to follow routines in my life. has led me to investigate creative techniques to try to discover new ideas and step away from the most overused concepts. By exploring how exercises. similar to gym workouts. can to athlete-like outcomes. you can uncover new ideas. These exercises help break routine and foster creativity....”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (164)
  • 3969 students
  • 4 units
  • 20 lessons (2h 54m)
  • 16 downloads
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    Creativity, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

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Javier Royo Espallargas, better known as Javirroyo, is an illustrator, designer, and professor who holds a fine arts degree from the University of the Basque Country. His specialty is taking complex ideas and boiling them down into simple yet thought-provoking illustrations bordering on the abstract. The aim of his work is to tell stories and discuss topics like death, sex, love, friendship, and topical issues. In 2020, he won the Gràffica Award, which every year recognizes the top ten creative professionals in Spain's visual culture.

In addition to running the illustration and design studio Chispum, he currently collaborates as an illustrator and cartoonist for El País, El Semanal, Visual, La Maleta de Portbou, Uppers, El Meteorito, and El Estafador. When he's not drawing, he's teaching others how to do so as a professor of illustration and design at the Open University of Catalonia, Eina, IDEP, and BAU. He is also a board member and the head of education at Foundawtion, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting and developing education and architecture in Africa. His latest published books include Martín Berasategui y David de Jorge, La Tortilla de Patatas, La Escuela, Grandes cócteles del mundo, Life is Sho, Homo Machus, and Laborachismo.


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Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas. Illustration course by Javirroyo

Creativity Techniques: A Playground of Drawing Ideas

A course by Javirroyo
Illustrator . Barcelona, Spain.
Joined November 2018
  • 98% positive reviews (164)
  • 3,969 students