Creating an Illustrated Brand: From the Idea to Merchandising
What is a style guide?
A course by Vania Bachur , Illustrator
About the video: What is a style guide?
Overview
“In this lesson we will define what a style guide is and I will show you some examples to analyze the parts that compose them. ”
In this video lesson Vania Bachur addresses the topic: What is a style guide?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating an Illustrated Brand: From the Idea to Merchandising. Develop an illustrated character and its visual identity to create your own product line.
Partial transcription of the video
“WHAT IS A STYLE GUIDE? In the last unit, we learned how to develop the psychology of a character and the importance of developing their own unique personality. In this unit we're going to develop the style guide for our project, for our character. But first, in this lesson I'll teach you what a style guide is, what it consists of, and what are all the things it contains. Let's check it out. A style guide is like a manual for your characters that will help producers or brands that want to work with what you've created to follow certain directions in the designs that they'll need to make note...”
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Course summary for: Creating an Illustrated Brand: From the Idea to Merchandising
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Category
Illustration, Marketing & Business -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Vania Bachur
A course by Vania Bachur
Adorable and colorful characters are the hallmark of self-taught illustrator Vania Bachur, also known as Suupeergirl. Somewhere between kawaii and cartoon, Vania has been able to create a unique, recognizable style that is full of personality.
Currently, she owns her own brand which designs merchandised products featuring her characters. She has also published a book with Penguin Random House and worked for major international brands like Disney Pixar, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Apple, Wacom, and more.
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