Vector Character Design for Beginners
What Are Vectors: Node and Line on the Workspace
A course by Martin Laksman , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: What Are Vectors: Node and Line on the Workspace
Overview
“And now, I will tell you everything you need to know about the tool with which you will work throughout the course: the vectors. Here I will show you the first considerations. ”
In this video lesson Martin Laksman addresses the topic: What Are Vectors: Node and Line on the Workspace, 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
“What are vectors? Node and line on workspace In this lesson we will move on to a more technical part. At this stage we will start by looking at the basics, for which we will understand what vectors are. In this lesson we will start right at the beginning. The first thing we will do is open a new file in Illustrator. The first thing we will see are all these format options with whom we have worked recently, but if we go to the menu above, We will see that there are other formats with which you can work. There are already predetermined cell phone formats, for web pages, for print, for video a...”
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Course summary for: Vector Character Design for Beginners
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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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