Eleeza. The magical realism of Eliza Ivanova. Artbook. Ivanova E.

A bright, expressive and beautiful book, filled with illustrations of an amazing artist.

Eliza Ivanova was born in Bulgaria and moved to the United States to graduate from the California Institute of Arts. He lives in San Francisco, where she created most of the works that can be seen on these pages. Her style, which has developed under the influence of work with animation, is distinguished by ease and dynamism, as well as the identity and wealth of details.

This book is not just a magnificent selection of old and new illustrations of Elisa, this is an invitation to her creative world. You will look into the artist’s studio to inspect her workplace and your favorite tools. Eliza will also share her drawing techniques in step -by -step lessons and will show how he achieves lightness and dynamics that penetrate her work. Technical councils and wise words of the author about life and work will be useful to both beginners and experienced artists.

from the author:

I have developed techniques that help me in my work and work and I will share them in this book. They were born, because I needed to speed up the drawing process - for two reasons. Firstly, a 2D animator without the ability to draw quickly nowhere. Secondly, I love quick, expressive strokes flying out from under a confident hand. They give several advantages: I do not lose attractive negligence and playfulness of the lines and do not strain the hands, for example, with cross hatching.

And I will tell you how I developed my pencil work and visual dictionary and applied them to others Fine means - both traditional and digital. I decided to use the same tools to show the differences in the approaches to each drawing and the universality of a simple set of funds. The limited materials can be a reason for reflection, encouraging a person to show a creative approach in a narrow framework. In such situations, you are able to get out of the comfort zone and almost forced to try new.

step -by -step lessons - this is not a guide to drawing for beginners. This is rather a source of information and inspiration, designed to facilitate or improve the process of creativity. This is my conscious approach, which is based on how they taught me to draw, how I was respected and gave me the opportunity to combine knowledge with artistic perception.

for whom this book is

for beginners and continuing artists who want to develop creatively and professionally.