Design of Kawaii-Style Characters
Course final project
A course by Estudio Kudasai , Illustrators and Designers
About the final project for: Design of Kawaii-Style Characters
Character design kawaii
“Thank you very much for coming here, we really enjoy sharing what we like most, which is to design with kawaii style. We hope you had fun and had a good time experimenting and knowing the creative possibilities that this technique gives them. We invite you to share your final project of the course, remember that we will be attentive for any questions or comments.”
Partial transcription of the video
“Final project Alright, we reached the end of our course which we named "Kawaii Laboratory". We are very happy to have shared the secrets of Kawaii illustration and we hope you put them into practice. We are going to review the things we saw in the course. First, we introduce ourselves and talk about our references. Then, we made an explanation of what the Kawaii style is. We speak of the mirror of the soul, we talk about the head-body relationship, and we draw ourselves. Then we talk about resources to complement the characters And we talked about the color, the line of textures and pattern...”
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Course summary for: Design of Kawaii-Style Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Character Design, Design, Manga, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Estudio Kudasai
A course by Estudio Kudasai
Azul Piñeiro was embarking on her career as a children's illustrator when she decided to found Estudio Kudasai with graphic designer Carlos Higuera. Thanks to their shared passion for Japanese culture and aesthetics, they decided to specialize in kawaii-style illustration.
They didn’t have to wait long before an opportunity to live in Tokyo arose. Immersed in Japan’s visual culture and aesthetics, they decided to focus their efforts on disassociating the kawaii style from the concept of something childish to position it in the market as a communication tool for all ages.
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