Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters

Presentation

A course by Gastón Caba , Character designer and illustrator

Character designer and illustrator. Calahorra, Spain.
Joined January 2017
100% positive reviews (219)
2,831 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

About the video: Presentation

Overview

“In this first lesson, I will tell you about myself and about Churro, the rabbit, as an example of the work we will do during the course.”

In this video lesson Gastón Caba addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters. Create a narrative universe for your characters based on your own experiences.

Partial transcription of the video

“Hello everyone. My name is Gastón Caba. I am a cartoonist. I am an illustrator, I am a character designer. I also draw cartoons. And I also teach I am originally from Patagonia. I was born in Bahía Blanca, and lived in General Roca. And I came to study graphic design at the UBA in Buenos Aires. One of the things that interested me most to come to study in Buenos Aires; It was finding peers to make music with. But it happened to me, that in the classrooms of the UBA, I found a lot of classmates who also loved it draw and create characters; and well, they served me as a first community of peo...”

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Course summary for: Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (219)
  • 2831 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (2h 26m)
  • 3 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Character Design, Creativity

Gastón Caba

Gastón Caba
A course by Gastón Caba

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Character designer and illustrator

Gastón Caba is an illustrator, character designer, pattern designer and teacher. He currently lives and works in the city of Quilmes, Buenos Aires. His designs and characters are internationally recognized for his cheerful and colorful style and he has worked for brands such as Adidas, Benetton, Diesel, Coca-Cola, Orange or Sony Playstation, among others.

In 2005 he created an ambitious project called Ping Pong Remix, in which he invited more than 70 artists from around the world to reinterpret his work.

From 2010 he started with his project We Love Patterns, a series of group and individual illustration courses in companies and colleges and in 2011 he joined the teaching team of Daniel Roldán's illustration department at the UBA.

Since 2015 he has collaborated in the magazine Anorak with his adorable character Round Bunny, a classic strip of four panels and in 2016 Round Bunny became the protagonist of the book "Churro, the rabbit" edited by Edelvives.


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Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters. Illustration course by Gastón Caba

Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters

A course by Gastón Caba
Character designer and illustrator. Calahorra, Spain.
Joined January 2017
  • 100% positive reviews (219)
  • 2,831 students