Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
Character Interaction 1
A course by Kevin Waldron , Illustrator and Children’s Book Author
Joined December 2019
Joined December 2019
About the video: Character Interaction 1
Overview
“In this lesson, we will begin to sketch the characters together in our notebooks. We will be looking for clues for our story and the relationship between our characters in our sketches. I will show you what stands out to me on the pages and why. ”
In this video lesson Kevin Waldron addresses the topic: Character Interaction 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks. Explore your daydreams and tell a story that makes children smile with watercolor animal characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“Character interaction We've been drawing the character separately in our sketchbooks, and now we're gonna draw them together in some interesting, interacting poses. I did a little bit more visual research, just looking at pictures of cats and pigeons, and sometimes I just type in "bird and cats" and there's lots of pictures of doves or parrots or things like that and I can easily change the drawing to a pigeon. It's just an idea, I might use it, I might not, so there's no real pressure. It's time to start drawing. I like this one, the pigeon is kind of grooming the cat, it's kind of interes...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Kevin Waldron
A course by Kevin Waldron
Kevin Waldron is a NYC-based illustrator and author who is dedicated to creating original illustrations for storybooks, animations, and other visual media. He grew up and studied in Dublin before moving to London to complete a Master’s degree at Kingston University.
His first book, Mr. Peek & the Misunderstanding at the Zoo, won the first ever Opera Prima award at the Bologna Book Fair and was recently made into an animated TV series. He has worked with several editorials including Hansol, Saatchi & Saatchi, Templar Publishing, and Penguin Books. His latest work includes t-shirt designs, temporary tattoos, and several storybooks, including a cookbook for dogs and a book that helps detect eye problems in young children.
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