Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
The bases: The characters
A course by Sole Otero , Illustrator and Textile Designer
About the video: The bases: The characters
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to show you how I color the characters applying the principles of association and transition that I showed them in the previous unit. ”
In this video lesson Sole Otero addresses the topic: The bases: The characters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative. Learn to understand the symbolism of color and create color palettes that transmit emotions.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] In this lesson we are going to apply the first color bases on the sheet. all, I want you show that I brought a sheet where I already have worked a sequence of a cartoon, in which I submit the character to certain situations emotional quite varied to be able to apply as best as possible the psychology of color that we were seeing. The first thing we go to do in this unit is to paint the bases of color of the character, which is the one that will define us and it will be the center attention of the whole cartoon. For this, let's apply the association effect. What we're going to keep i...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Color Theory, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Sole Otero
A course by Sole Otero
Sole Otero is an illustrator, textile designer, and comic artist. Her graphic novels and children’s books have been published around the world by publishers like La Cúpula or Salamandra Graphic. She was also awarded the FNAC Graphic Novel Award for her book Naftalina.
Color is the most salient feature of her compositions, but she compliments her storytelling by experimenting with words and illustrations. When she’s not creating, she shares her passion for art by teaching classes on expressive mediums, embroidery, knitting, illustration, and comics.
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