Vector Character Design for Beginners
Complementary Characters: A Faithful Friend
A course by Martin Laksman , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
About the video: Complementary Characters: A Faithful Friend
Overview
“In this lesson, I will give you a review of the previous lessons. What you will see here is a summary of everything learned so far, but this time it will be applied to the creation of a friend for your character. ”
In this video lesson Martin Laksman addresses the topic: Complementary Characters: A Faithful Friend, 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
“Complementary characters: a faithful friend Now we will add a partner to our character. We will start by doing the steps from the previous lessons, looking for references, I already have some prepared. And they are beginning to see what the character I chose is about. What I'll do is a squirrel for my gnome. This squirrel, although it will have the characteristics in general of the animal that we all know, I plan to give it a more fantastic touch and add to it, for example, dragon wings and perhaps a tail. Let's see how the thing comes and test it to see if it continues with the normal squi...”
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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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