Illustrating Emotions through Color
The expressiveness of the characters 1
A course by Gaby Zermeño , Illustrator and Concept Artist
About the video: The expressiveness of the characters 1
Overview
“In this lesson I will give you tips to explore the bodily expressiveness of the characters through observation and exaggeration exercises.”
In this video lesson Gaby Zermeño addresses the topic: The expressiveness of the characters 1, 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
“The expressiveness of the characters We already have the characters in design, now we are interested in knowing how to make them act and how to add expressiveness to them. One method that works a lot for me is to use a mirror or see myself reflected on some surface to understand how my face reacts to certain emotions. That is, how my eyebrows or my mouth move, how they contract to be able to reflect anger, sadness, among other emotions. Now let's start with the exercise. Let's imagine that we want to portray the emotion of sadness. I'll start to gesture. I will begin to act the emotion. As ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Emotions through Color
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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.
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