Digital Character Illustration: Conceptualization and Color
Expressions
A course by Pamela Espino , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Expressions
Overview
“Here I will tell you how important it is to handle expressions to bring your characters to life. ”
In this video lesson Pamela Espino addresses the topic: Expressions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Character Illustration: Conceptualization and Color. Create characters with a unique personality through composition and color.
Partial transcription of the video
“Expressions Now we will work on the expressions of the character. But first I'll show you things to keep in mind at the time of creating them. Expressions are extremely important for a character, since they will help us to manifest any thoughts, feelings, or wishes they have and at the same time these will give it more life. Here are some examples of how expressions taken to exaggeration easily capture the viewer's attention, generating empathy, which makes a character much closer. To achieve a good expression, we will need to work with three parts of our face, the eyebrows, the eyes and th...”
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Course summary for: Digital Character Illustration: Conceptualization and Color
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Category
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Areas
3D Character Design, Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Pamela Espino
A course by Pamela Espino
Pamela Espino, better known as Chica Espinaca, is a young and talented illustrator and comic artist from Peru. Her area of expertise ranges from packaging design, posters, and album covers, but her most iconic work is her own comic book: Indi Rocker Kitty.
She has illustrated for the Gran Circo de China with Zoom Studio and, while working with Zeppelin, collaborated with Movistar Música. She has also created album covers for local bands like Diazepunk and Los Protones. Her work has been recognized with prestigious awards like Pentawards Platinum and LAD Awards.
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