Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters
Workbook and references
A course by Gastón Caba , Character designer and illustrator
About the video: Workbook and references
Overview
“Finally, I will show you how to create your own notebooks of inspiration and work. ”
In this video lesson Gastón Caba addresses the topic: Workbook and references, 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
“Well, now that you know me a little and some of my influences, We are going to review the materials that we are going to need a little to carry out all the tasks we are going to do. In principle we will not need any specific material nor of any specific brand. I am going to give you some recommendations to work better. The first thing we will need to work is a notebook. My recommendation is to look for a notebook That is at least A4 size. Because that way they will be able to work very comfortably. They will have a lot of space to draw both using the page and simple as using the full double...”
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Course summary for: Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Creativity

Gastón Caba
A course by Gastón Caba
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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