Illustrating Emotions through Color
Influences
A course by Gaby Zermeño , Illustrator and Concept Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will share with you the influences that have marked me the most both in the area of editorial illustration and in that of visual art and they have motivated me a lot to explore and improve my work. ”
In this video lesson Gaby Zermeño addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Emotions through Color. Harness the power of color to create emotional illustrations that impact the eye as well as the heart.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I am going to show you some influences that have marked me a lot in my growth as an illustrator. I want to start by sharing the art book from the movie "The Book of Life". It is a film that marked me a lot for seeing the development of art, for the complex characters and colorful locations that are integrated into each of its scenes. This book contains all the character and background creation, in addition to the Color Script of the film. See these colorful illustrations that I am quite impressed by the care you have, both in wearing dark colors and bright colors, ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Illustrating Emotions through Color
-
Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Color Theory, Concept Art, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Gaby Zermeño
A course by Gaby Zermeño
Gaby Zermeño is a freelance illustrator and concept artist from Guadalajara (Mexico). She specializes in digital illustration and character and concept art development.
She has illustrated children's books for publishers such as Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, and Storytime Magazine, created storyboards for Netflix, and animated projects for studios like Anima, Mighty, Lunch Films, and Sesame Workshop. She has also participated in advertising illustration projects for Cartoon Network and OhMyDisney.
In addition, Gaby teaches Professional Illustration at ESCENA, an animation and digital art school in Mexico.
- 100% positive reviews (285)
- 4,779 students
- 31 lessons (6h 52m)
- 29 additional resources (12 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever