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Courses 2024-2025

Intensive course of

Digital illustration

with Procreate

Procreate is one of the most used software by Digital Illustration professionals.

If you like to draw and want to take your illustrations to another level, go digital and get to know all that Procreate can bring to your drawings.
Get to know the tools, create brushes, take your creativity further by discovering all that the most used software by professional illustrators has to offer.
Unpack your iPad and give your illustrations the touch you want by learning with illustrator XGreen.

Course objectives

Learn all the secrets of digital illustration software from the professionals at Joso.
Get to know the tools, create brushes, take your creativity further by discovering all that the most used software by professional illustrators has to offer.

You will learn the keys to digital illustration with Procreate in an organic and, above all, practical way, 100% adapted to your needs.
Following the stages of the creative process, from the initial idea to the final file, you will learn and master the tools of the app, as well as the basics of color, composition, creativity, etc.
You will experiment with the program and have fun while enhancing your own style of illustration.

Course program

The intensive course of Digital Illustration with Procreate aims that the student finds his own way of expression and is able to develop any digital illustration project.

  • Procreate tools.
  • How to Get Started with Procreate.
  • Create and configure Canvas.
  • Materials and shortcuts.
  • Options Edit, Edit tool
  • Color selection and color window.
  • Ink, lineart and values in procreate.
  • The brushes in Procreate.
  • Brush Library (Use of Pencil, Eraser and Diffuser)
  • Search for ink brushes, black and gray theory.
  • Wand effects window: actions (Export modes).
  • Terms in illustration/Composition.
  • Layer Modes.
    Learn how to organize layers.
  • Color theory (Harmony).
    Lighting and shading.
  • Creation and use of Palettes.
  • Color harmony in projects.
  • Image composition (Weights and visual paths).
  • Wand window and background tool.
  • Direct shading modes: color, positive, negative, paint.
  • Practice of the theory explained in a more elaborate illustration with the favorite shading mode.
  • Black and White to Color.
  • Gradient Maps and Color Layers.
  • Rendering of a Black and White illustration.
  • Use of Levels and the final harmony in an illustration.
  • Creation and design of covers applying the learned way of favorite coloring.
  • Design of an interior page of a book/comic book.
    (Exploration and process of bleed and margin calculations).
  • Working methods and
  • Project Planning.
  • Character Creation.
  • Character sheet.
  • Export types, resolution and sizes.
  • How to make a portfolio?
  • Final project.

Course information

DURATION OF THE COURSE
5 month course. From February to June. Wednesdays from 17 to 20h.
METHODOLOGY
Theory and group exercises in class + individual work.
QUALIFICATION
The center's own diploma awarded at the end of the Procreate course.

Teaching staff

The course will be taught by specialized teachers with recognized professional experience in the field of digital illustration.

Eva Viedma "XGreen".

Illustrator and Manga author

Do you have any questions?

We answer them all.

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Access to the Art Grafic, Illustration, Concept Art, Drawing Initiation, Advanced Drawing and Digital Illustration courses is through the completion of a level test.

It is not necessary to have previous studies to access these courses, although having completed higher artistic studies will be valued.

Access to the Art Grafic course is through a level test that consists of making a drawing following some guidelines.
Normally, the test takes place during the month of April and there are usually two calls.
The correction and notification of results are communicated about 10 days after taking the test.
If you do not pass the test, our course coordination team will guide you to access other courses.

Access to the Concept Art and Illustration courses is also through a level test.
In case you do not pass the test, our course coordination team will guide you so that you can continue training with us to reach your goals.

The access to the Animation course is through an interview with the course coordinator Juan Carlos Concha.
A specific book will be required.

Access to the Children’s Illustration course is through an interview with the head of studies José Ma Polls.
It will be necessary to present a book.

In that case, don’t worry.
We can arrange the interview online.
We also offer the possibility to take the placement test for the course of
Art Grafic through this way.
(Exclusively for those people who are unable to attend the course in person).

You can fill out the form on each course page or write to info@escolajoso.com and we will send you all the details.

For us it is our greatest asset.
The faculty of Escola Joso counts with great names that combine teaching with their activity as professionals in the industry of Comics, Illustration, Concept Art, Animation, etc.

Working with people who deal with the industry on a daily basis is a total guarantee of success.

You can see all our faculty here.

Normally, every year, during the month of March, we hold open house sessions to inform about everything related to our courses.

In addition, you can come and ask for information and visit the school during our opening hours. e our schedule Monday to Friday from 9 to 13.30h and from 16 to 20h.
and Saturdays from October to June from 10 to 14h.

We will be happy to assist you.

Our registration period for annual and summer courses starts in April.

Of course.
Once you have passed the registration and enrollment process, we will send you a certificate so that you can apply for your student visa.

They are mainly taught in Spanish.
We have students from all over the world.

The didactic material and the paper used in class will be provided by the teacher, but the individual material will have to be brought by the student.

Every year in the month of July, we hold summer courses for 4 weeks in the month of July.

Most of these courses are beginners, although we also offer some specific courses where a certain level is required.

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Profesor del curso de Ilustración digital con Procreate

EVA VIEDMA

"XGreen"

XGreen es ilustradora y dibujante de cómic y manga. Al ver su talento y trayectoria, es difícil imaginar que su carrera recién esté comenzando. En 2023 emprendió la publicación de Krymsoul (Planeta Manga), una historia llena de fantasía con un toque oscuro y sangriento. Destaca su trabajo en varios proyectos colaborativos como la obra de divulgación científica Un electrograma. ALIA, la conciència en vinyetes (CCCB) o Hybenor, fanzine personal de gran éxito entre el público joven. Cabe resaltar su labor en cartelería para eventos como las Expotaku de 2022 y 2023, y la colaboración con Drawill en Blood Moon 3 (Norma Editorial). También ha trabajado en la industria del videojuego diseñando personajes en proyectos como Fluvstruck. Actualmente, compagina la creación artística con la docencia en la misma escuela de la que fue alumna en 2023, la Joso.