Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories
The Three Parts of an Animal
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: The Three Parts of an Animal
Overview
“Almost all animals can be schematized into three parts: forequarters, belly, and rear quarters. This is the "three parts" trick that I will be demonstrating in this lesson. You will see that only the proportions differ from one species to another, so this trick is really helpful to work on the volume of the animal subject.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: The Three Parts of an Animal, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories. Learn to draw anthropomorphic characters that bring joy to young readers by exploring the fundamentals of animal anatomy, posing, and stylization.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will see the three-part tips. Basically, almost every animal species can be schematized that way. Even birds. Only the proportions will differ from a species to another, and this is where observation is required. Usually, for a human character, the average ratio is 7 heads in a full body height. Now let's try with two different animals. Let's start with the rabbit. So here we can see its proportions. almost two heads and a half in his full body length. Now let's compare with a totally different one, a giraffe. Here I don't need to measure the head size, I can clearly see ...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing
Julie Mellan
A course by Julie Mellan
Julie Mellan is a French illustrator and self-confessed watercolor addict who specializes in illustrations for children’s books. She spent her childhood reading Beatrix Potter’s books and drawing animal characters from Disney movies, before going on to study classic drawing, painting, illustration, and animation at the French art school École Émile Cohl. After graduating, she continued to combine sketching and watercolors to create expressive animal characters, and eventually published her first book in 2013.
Julie uses traditional mediums to tell stories through her illustrations and create connections between characters. Her work has appeared in children’s books published by the likes of Penguin Random House, Clavis, and Fleurus.
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