Illustrating Emotions through Color
The look of the characters 2
A course by Gaby Zermeño , Illustrator and Concept Artist
About the video: The look of the characters 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson I will teach you the elements that I use to achieve a Mexican appearance in the drawing.”
In this video lesson Gaby Zermeño addresses the topic: The look of the characters 2, 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 look of the characters I will also have the mood board that I had already searched for here at hand, that I had already built from children's references, photographically speaking, because I'm interested in adding Mexican traits to my characters. That is why I also took this reference that the designers made of characters from the movie "Coco" to find out how they translate the Mexican appearance into a drawing. I will take this girl as a reference to make my character, though not entirely because this girl looks taller and I want it to be shorter and rounder. I'm going to put it here n...”
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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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