Vector Character Design for Beginners
Characters: Today
A course by Martin Laksman , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Characters: Today
Overview
“What are characters? Where do they come from? In this lesson, I am will talk about these topics, so you will learn about the world of character creation. ”
In this video lesson Martin Laksman addresses the topic: Characters: Today, which is part of the Domestika online course: Vector Character Design for Beginners. Learn how to get the most out of Adobe Illustrator and create fantastic characters from geometric shapes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Characters: Today Before seeing in depth the tools that we will work with, we will see well what a character is. Let's get started. Let's see if, as the powerpuff girls say, this is starting to get interesting. Characters. Today we are used to having them close, to see them everywhere and although from time immemorial we need characters to explain things to us, they were not always as present as they are now. This ice cream skater is from Alberto Pozo, Catalan illustrator and can be found in Pictofolio. Pictofolio is an archive of Pictoplasma characters, pioneers in giving a space to the ch...”
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Course summary for: Vector Character Design for Beginners
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration
Martin Laksman
A course by Martin Laksman
Martin Laksman is an Argentinian illustrator with a degree in graphic design from the Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning Department of the University of Buenos Aires where he’s been teaching Editorial Illustration as an adjunct professor in the Roldán department for the past ten years. He is currently the co-director of his own professional illustration training program and the art director for the Club Atlético Independiente where he creates graphic content for the marketing department.
He also works as a freelance illustrator for different national and international graphic media outlets. His work includes character creation, sports and editorial illustrations, and icons that balance simplicity with communicative power. Throughout his career, he has worked with clients like Disney, Coca-Cola, Cartoon Network, Under Armour, Bundesliga, Gatorade, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NaranjaX, etc.
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