Vector Character Design for Beginners
Simple Shapes for the Foundation of Your Character
A course by Martin Laksman , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Simple Shapes for the Foundation of Your Character
Overview
“I will start this lesson by teaching you how to define your character, using geometric shapes as a basis. ”
In this video lesson Martin Laksman addresses the topic: Simple Shapes for the Foundation of Your Character, 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
“Simple shapes for your character base Now yes, after having sketched and looked for our references and worked how we want the character to be, it is time to give it final shape. Now we will start to think a little more in detail how will our character be. We will start to think about what the style will be like of character, if we will work with lines or with planes or shadows, if it will be simpler or what colors it will have, and so on. Those references we saw in previous lessons in terms of style, they will begin to be functional and serve here. For now what we had was that we had starte...”
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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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