Editorial Illustration for Magazines

Characters

A course by Emma Hanquist , Illustrator

Illustrator. Visby, Sweden.
Joined December 2019
97% positive reviews (312)
6,769 students
Audio: English
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About the video: Characters

Overview

“In this lesson, I will talk to you about characters and why it is important to be norm-breaking in your choices. The goal is to represent all sorts of people in your images. I will show you a few examples of things to keep in mind.”

In this video lesson Emma Hanquist addresses the topic: Characters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Illustration for Magazines. Learn how to use illustration as a communication tool to creatively enhance a text.

Partial transcription of the video

“CHARACTERS If you have characters in your idea, I will show you a little bit about how you can approach those characters. Everything from body posture to body shapes and also what choices to make to be inclusive in your work, and that could be everything from skin tone to body size, to also add disabilities to your characters. I will present you with a checklist to make sure that you're being inclusive in your work. Let's get started. Since we have characters in this idea, I wanna talk to you a little bit about how you can think when you are drawing characters. Usually, it's in the characte...”

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Course summary for: Editorial Illustration for Magazines

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (312)
  • 6769 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 13m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Communication, Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration

Emma Hanquist

Emma Hanquist
A course by Emma Hanquist

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Emma Hanquist is a Swedish freelance illustrator with over ten years' experience in the field. She has worked in different areas of illustration, such as advertising, animation and, for the most part, editorial illustration.

Throughout the years, Emma has worked with several clients, including pretty much every magazine and newspaper in Sweden, as well as companies like Spotify, Airbnb, and the Boston Globe Magazine.


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  • 15 lessons (2h 13m)
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Editorial Illustration for Magazines. Illustration course by Emma Hanquist

Editorial Illustration for Magazines

A course by Emma Hanquist
Illustrator. Visby, Sweden.
Joined December 2019
  • 97% positive reviews (312)
  • 6,769 students