Illustrated Vignettes: Stories That Go Beyond the Screen
Selection of my character
A course by Mariana Ruiz Johnson , Author and illustrator
About the video: Selection of my character
Overview
“Once I have multiple characters, I will analyze them and stick with one. Which one is the best to tell my story? Can I compose a new character with the most interesting traits that I have already drawn? What happens when I put my character into action? ”
In this video lesson Mariana Ruiz Johnson addresses the topic: Selection of my character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Vignettes: Stories That Go Beyond the Screen. Turn your experiences into illustrated narrative sequences and share them with the world.
Partial transcription of the video
“Selection of my character Now we will look for the definitive character after all the tests we did and the casting. We have already determined which traits we were most interested in of the characters we liked. So in the same way I'll grab the pencil and I'm going to pose this semi-oval, which was the structure of the character that interested me, which was like a kind of skirt. But instead of making him some heels, I'm going to make him some pants and flat shoes. The head I liked that it was a kind of drop lying down. In this instance, with the pencil what I can do is refine the design a b...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Vignettes: Stories That Go Beyond the Screen
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Drawing, Fine Arts, Storyboard, Storytelling
Mariana Ruiz Johnson
A course by Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and surrounded by books, Mariana Ruiz Johnson wrote and illustrated her own stories from a young age. Shortly after graduating in painting from the Universidad Nacional de Arte, she decided to focus her images for books and started illustrating and writing exclusively for editorial work.
Currently, she works for publishing houses all over the world and works on her own creative projects, in both her own name and with other authors. She has also won two international competitions, the Premio de Álbum Ilustrado Compostela with her book “Mamá”, and the Silent Book Contest with “Mientras Duermes”.
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