Designing and Illustrating Antagonistic Characters
Introduction
A course by Patricio Oliver , Designer, Illustrator and Teacher
About the video: Introduction
Overview
“To begin with, we are going to meet a boy who was very curious and who loved to look at the pictures in the books in his mother's library. How did that passion grow until it became your life?”
In this video lesson Patricio Oliver addresses the topic: Introduction, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing and Illustrating Antagonistic Characters. Learn the creative process to create amazing characters with opposite qualities in a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, my name is Patricio Oliver. Welcome to my antagonistic character design course. I was born in the south of Argentina, in Neuquén and, luckily, from a very young age my family motivated me a lot with my taste for illustration and graphic art. Like every boy of the 80s, I really enjoyed watching animated series. That's where that love I have for fictional characters was born. Years later, I entered the career of Graphic Design and that love that I have for illustration returned in that career. This was due to all the components of morphology and composition what I was lear...”
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Course summary for: Designing and Illustrating Antagonistic Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Patricio Oliver
A course by Patricio Oliver
Patricio Oliver graduated in Graphic Design from the University of Buenos Aires, where he later taught Typography and Illustration. His style focuses on the synthetic and the dynamic to create organic geometry filled with color. He specializes in character design, comics, editorial illustration, and product design for character licensing.
He has worked for brands like Pony, Kid Robot, Cartoon Network, History Channel, and National Geographic Kids, among others. He also illustrates books and has published comics that focus on themes like gender and diversity, including superhero comics with a very personal approach.
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