Illustration and Creation of a Paper Theater
Make the Character
A course by Elena Odriozola Belástegui , Illustrator
About the video: Make the Character
Overview
“The first thing is to make your characters. We will start by painting them and then take them out of the paper and take the body.”
In this video lesson Elena Odriozola Belástegui addresses the topic: Make the Character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration and Creation of a Paper Theater. Illustrate and create a paper theater using a scene from a book.
Partial transcription of the video
“MAKE THE CHARACTER Hello again, in this lesson we will paint the character. As I paint, I will teach you the technique I use. As I have said many times, this is free, each one paints in their own way. If you want to do it like that, great and if not, also, whatever you want. I usually paint with my finger. For that what I do is pass the parts of the illustration that I want to paint on a greaseproof paper, cut it out with the utility knife and fill in with your finger. In this case, as you have seen, I made the largest sketch because I cared about the character's expression. I scanned it an...”
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Course summary for: Illustration and Creation of a Paper Theater
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Creating with Kids, Fine Arts, Narrative, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration
Elena Odriozola Belástegui
A course by Elena Odriozola Belástegui
Elena Odriozola is an illustrator specialized in children’s and youth literature. She received the National Illustration Award in 2015, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
She began her creative journey illustrating textbooks before moving on to stories, forging her career path slowly but surely. She admits that illustration was something that came to her by itself, as if it were her unstoppable destiny, and that she will keep on doing it as long as she enjoys it. Her illustrations are characterized by delicate, intimate strokes and a soft and limited color palette that's used effectively both technically and conceptually.
Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards, including the Second Prize from the Spanish Ministry of Culture for the Best Children's and Youth Books published in 2005 for La princesa que bostezaba a todas horas, and an award at the third edition of the CJ Picture Book Awards (South Korea) for Oda a una estrella. Her work was also selected for the exhibition Ilustrísimos when Spain was guest of honor at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2005, where she exhibited again in 2010.
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