Illustrated Characters with Paper
Materials and tools
A course by Estrellita Caracol , Visual Artist and Illustrator
Joined December 2013
Joined December 2013
About the video: Materials and tools
Overview
“I will start by telling you about the importance of material selection in this technique. I will also talk to you about what the papers say and how to appropriate that information that they bring by themselves. ”
In this video lesson Estrellita Caracol addresses the topic: Materials and tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Characters with Paper. Explore the medium of paper collage to bring playful and vibrant characters to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and Tools Now I'll tell you about the materials we'll use. Regular, common, white paper. You can also use paper that's been printed on. You can reuse it because, since we'll be painting over it, it's not a problem, and we can reuse it. You can also use papers with different weights: for example, some construction paper, some old pieces of paper... This paper is dirty. I think these smudges make it somewhat interesting. Here's a piece of graph paper. We can paint on all this paper later. So, some of them will look the same, and others will end up with textures. These are just a few...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Characters with Paper
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Collage, Creating with Kids, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration
Estrellita Caracol
A course by Estrellita Caracol
Natalia Spadaro, better known as Estrellita Caracol, is an Argentine illustrator. She studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires, but later taught herself illustration, specializing in collage.
Her illustrations have been featured in books and magazines from a range of publishers like Atlántida, Edelvives, MacMillan, Puerto de Palos, Estrada, Treintayseis, Gerbera, and Kalimat from the United Arab Emirates. She has also participated in numerous exhibitions. In 2013, her illustrations were chosen to compete in the Fourth Ibero-American Illustration Contest and the Guadalajara International Book Fair. She currently works as a freelance artist, designer, and illustrator and teaches workshops on collage and illustration for both adults and children.
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