Vector Character Design for Beginners
Choice of Graphic Style and Color
A course by Martin Laksman , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Choice of Graphic Style and Color
Overview
“You will learn how to define a graphic style for your character. Also, I will show you how to obtain a color palette you can work with based on your references. ”
In this video lesson Martin Laksman addresses the topic: Choice of Graphic Style and Color, 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
“Choice of style, graphic and color When we have the shape of the character, we will define how we want it to look. The character has many possibilities. Let's see. We keep moving forward. Here we can see the first digital sketch we made. The second instance in which we rebuild the character already with geometric shapes and already the most closed form of the character, but without defining too much anything in terms of style. And we already have the instance in which we already have the character quite defined with some decisions made. But we will keep working on it. We will see a defined ...”
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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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