Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
Thinking about animal characters
A course by Giovana Medeiros , Illustrator
About the video: Thinking about animal characters
Overview
“Now it's time for the animal characters. We are going to do several studies of these possible characters, both looking at reference photos, and thinking about copyright ways to simplify them.”
In this video lesson Giovana Medeiros addresses the topic: Thinking about animal characters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings. Learn how to adapt the illustration of a classic story, from sketch to digital finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“Thinking about animal characters Now we start to study our animal characters. Our story talks about some animals like a swallow, a mole, beetle and fish. Let's go back to our mood board to see the images we saved. It is normal not to know how to draw some animals in the head. It is important to have our research always at hand. Looking at the photo, you can decide what kind of character we want to play. I, for one, really want to draw the swallow. I saved several pictures of her. I like to take several pictures and draw different poses. What is most striking? The swallow has a very angular ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Children's Stories: Characters and Settings
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Picturebook, Traditional illustration
Giovana Medeiros
A course by Giovana Medeiros
Graduated in Illustration from the BCFE School in Dublin, Brazilian illustrator Giovana Medeiros combines digital and manual techniques with gouache, watercolor, and collage. Her work is inspired by children's stories and fantasy, everyday scenes, nature, and fashion.
Throughout her career, her work has been seen in magazines, advertising campaigns, games, and as prints. However, the publishing world has always felt most at home. Some of Giovana’s clients include Chronicle Books, Harper & Collins, Cottage Press, Zara, FTD, Itaú, My Taxi, Oxford University Press, Auzou Editions, Hallmark, Usborne, Charlesbridge, and Bloomsbury.
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