Illustrated Characters with Paper
Staging
A course by Estrellita Caracol , Visual Artist and Illustrator
Joined December 2013
About the video: Staging
Overview
“Now you will decide the context and make the sketch of the staging for the final illustration.”
In this video lesson Estrellita Caracol addresses the topic: Staging, 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
“Setting the Scene In this lesson we'll put our characters in context. Here are the characters I chose through the casting process. We worked on the sketches. I made sketches of my main character from the side and the front. I did this exercise with my main character, and you can also do it with the other characters you chose for your final illustration. This whole process is very important, cutting out your character many times, because, by cutting out the character many times, we'll find new things that may not have appeared in the game. For example, my character's braid and her ear, which...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Characters with Paper
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Category
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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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