Mentorship
Mentorship & consulting for individuals or groups who are looking for a results-oriented offer.
If you want to book this service to get individual or group personalized training or consulting with me, please select below what you're interested in and fill up the form at the bottom of this page so we can arrange it.
If you need something different to what's offered here, please contact me to discuss how I can help you. Additionally, you can take classes visiting my online school. This is a good way to assess if you like my teaching style before enrolling in 1:1 or group training with me.
I offer training both in English and Spanish. Exceptionally also in Italian and Portuguese.
A Begginer's Introduction to Affinity Designer.
$299
Complete beginner's training to get started with Affinity Designer in no time.
This training is for whoever wants to hit the ground running and quickly understand the main features and tools in the app, without having to invest precious time guessing with trial and error.
4 hours of online training with me (Zoom)
Content
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The user interface in the Designer persona.
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Document setup
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The Tool bar in the Designer Persona: selection, subselection, corner tool, pen tool, gradeitn tool, transparency tool, import images, crop tool, primitive shapes, text tool color picker, paning, zooming.
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Contextual menus
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Layers Panel
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Effects Panel
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Assets Panel
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History Panel
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Start drawing with the Pen tool
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Masking
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Geometry (Boolean operations)
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The user interface in the Pixel persona.
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The Tool bar in the pixel persona: selection, marquee selections, lasso tool, brush tool, eraser tool, flood fill tool, dodge brush tool, burn brush tool, smudge tool, bur brush tool, sharpen brush tool.
Entomology illustration:
Dragonfly case study
$570
Learn how to create entomological illustrations using the case study of a dragonfly.
The knowledge you acquire will serve later to also being able to create other insects such as bees, beetles, caterpillars, flies and mainly any insects whose characteristics are somehow similar to a dragonfly (NOTE: this will not be the case for moths or butterflies)
This training is for intermediate or advanced users of digital graphics tools interested in expert training on the matter.
I use Affinity Designer to teach this class, but if you are familiar with other tool of your choice and meet the prerequisites, that's fine too.
Online training with me (Zoom).
Dragonfly final project will be completed.
Duration 6 hours (3 sessions) to be scheduled with the student(s) + support.
Content
RESEARCH MODULE
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Looking for references: there will be a proposed dragonfly for the student(s) to be drawn. The student will work on the same species I work to maximise the learning and workflow.
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Document setup
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How to use references
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Sexual dimorphism
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Main parts of a dragonfly
DRAWING MODULE
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Creating an initial wireframe: vector vs bitmaps. Deciding how and when to use each.
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Layers organisation: a key skill for success
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The wings: A very complex flying apparatus
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The head
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The thorax
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The abdomen
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Bilateral symmetry
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Limbs structure
PAINTING MODULE
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Base colours
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Painting techniques
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Lighting subjects by convention
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Insects hair
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Creating volume with lights and shadows
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Fine-tuning techniques
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Shadow
PROVIDING EXTRA INFO
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Adding written information to the subject: scientific name, gender and scale.
Entomology illustration:
Moths & Butterflies
$640
Learn how to create moths and butterflies and actually create one with this class project.
This training is for intermediate/advanced users interested in expert training on the matter.
The features of butteflies and moths makes it necessary to create a custom class for this insects.
I use Affinity Designer to teach this class, but if you are familiar with other tool of your choice and meet the prerequisites, that's fine too.
Online training (Zoom) divided in Final project will be completed.
Duration 6 hours (3 sessions) to be scheduled with student(s).
Content
RESEARCH MODULE
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Looking for references: the butterfly for the student(s) to be drawn in this class is the Callimorpha dominula (see left image). Under request, we can study other species.
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Document setup
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How to use references
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Sexual dimorphism
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Main parts of a butterfly
DRAWING MODULE
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Creating an initial wireframe: vector vs bitmaps. Deciding how and when to use each.
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Layers organisation: a key skill for success
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The wings
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The head
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The thorax
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The abdomen
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Bilateral symmetry
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Limbs structure
PAINTING MODULE
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Base colours
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Painting techniques for complex and colourful wing patterns
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On wing textures
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Lighting your subjects by convention
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Hairs
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Creating volume with lights and shadows
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Fine-tuning techniques
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Shadow
PROVIDING EXTRA INFORMATION
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Adding written information to the subject: scientific name, gender and scale.
Painting Furry Mammals
$840
Fur is a challenging subject. Often times when rendering a furry mammal, it either looks like it got right out of the washing machine, the hair dresser, or got electrocuted :)
So, in order to get a realistic looking piece of work hat entails fur, there are some techniques, do's and dont's that we need to know about.
This training is for intermediate/advanced users interested in expert training on this matter.
This is a results oriented class with a final project.
I use Affinity Designer to teach this class, but if you are familiar with other tool of your choice and meet the prerequisites, that's fine too.
Online training (Zoom).
Final project to be completed.
Duration 8 hours (4 sessions) to be scheduled with student(s).
Content
RESEARCH MODULE
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Looking for references: Looking for the best resources to work from
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Document setup
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How to use references
DRAWING MODULE
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Creating an initial wireframe: vector vs bitmaps. Deciding how and when to use each.
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Layers management: a key skill for success
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Base colour
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Shading before painting
PAINTING MODULE
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Brushes
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Painting techniques for fur
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Fine-tuning techniques
PROVIDING EXTRA INFORMATION
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Adding written information to the subject: scientific name, gender and scale.
Please fill up this form with your details.