Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
Character Development: Sketches 2
A course by Kevin Waldron , Illustrator and Children’s Book Author
Joined December 2019
Joined December 2019
About the video: Character Development: Sketches 2
Overview
“Let's develop now the other character.”
In this video lesson Kevin Waldron addresses the topic: Character Development: Sketches 2, 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 development Sketches So I'm gonna use the same approach for my cat now, my other character, for the natural enemy to the pigeon that we chose. I'll build on what I have already in the sketchbook. There's some quite nice body shapes, I think. Pretty amusing positions, so I think I'm gonna work with some of these and clean it up, have it ready for the next stage, which is adding watercolour. We wanna see it clearly on the light box. That's why I'm gonna draw it in pencil first and then go over it with black outline so it's clearly visible. I'll start with this one. I don't know if I...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Animal Characters for Storybooks
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Category
Illustration -
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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