Imaginary Worlds Illustrated with Ink and Watercolor
Character 1
A course by Flor Kaneshiro , Illustrator
About the video: Character 1
Overview
“You will begin to imagine your character. I'll show you how to make a list of qualities that will help you define what you want your character to have. You will see how to start designing it by creating sketches.”
In this video lesson Flor Kaneshiro addresses the topic: Character 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Imaginary Worlds Illustrated with Ink and Watercolor. Tell an original story by learning the techniques to illustrate characters and the world that surrounds them.
Partial transcription of the video
“Character In this lesson, we’ll start to work on our character. We’ll begin with the first and second skins, which are the character and their clothes. As we draw, we’ll think about our character’s qualities. Who do we want them to be and what do they do and enjoy? All of this information will help us to build and create them. We’ll do some proportions exercises based on the human body, so you can develop your own characters. Bear in mind when creating your character that they can have any shape. This exercise that I’m going to share could be useful for drawing a human figure, but you can a...”
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Course summary for: Imaginary Worlds Illustrated with Ink and Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Manga, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Flor Kaneshiro
A course by Flor Kaneshiro
Flor Kaneshiro is an Argentine illustrator with a degree in fine arts from the National University of La Plata in Argentina, specialized in traditional Japanese-style illustration. Her work focuses on book illustration and video projects.
In addition to her studies in Argentina, she obtained a scholarship at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts in Japan, where she has also exhibited her art. In her work, she depicts Japanese culture, nature, people, stories, and animals using watercolor as the main technique.
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