Urban Art: from Digital Illustration to Large Scale Murals

Can you imagine a job transforming spaces such as rooms or ordinary street walls into extraordinary universes? Broadly speaking, that is what Camilo Gordillo, better known as Ceroker, does for a living. Either through commissions or personal projects, the urban artist and graphic designer creates illustrations that bring to life characters and tell stories in the spaces he paints, reviving them with color and joy.

In this online course, learn to transfer a digital illustration to a large-format mural (or canvas). Explore the whole process, from the digital sketching phase to transferring your piece to the physical space, where you paint it with the help of aerosols.

Ceroker tells you about his beginnings in the world of graffiti, his studies, and his transition to murals and illustration. He shares some of the projects he has done for various clients and talks about his artistic influences.

Begin by seeing how to approach a client brief. Your teacher explains his conceptualization process to maintain the artistic essence despite being a commercial commission.

Then take a brief tour of the origins of graffiti, its evolution, and first exponents. Familiarize yourself with spray paints as well as with terms such as spray pressure, nozzle pressure, distance from the wall, movement of the body when painting, coverage, filling, and blending.

After looking for graphic references and brainstorming a few ideas in the conceptualization phase, it’s time to translate them into your first sketches or digital illustrations. Define a theme, characters, and important storytelling elements. Then decide on the color scheme and the wall you want to paint. Ceroker tells you about the key characteristics a mural should have and how to prepare it.