Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories
Animal Anatomy
A course by Julie Mellan , Illustrator
About the video: Animal Anatomy
Overview
“I will start by telling you some of the general rules about the anatomy of an animal's legs. There are some unexpected similarities between the various species and I think, once you know and understand them, you can draw almost anything.”
In this video lesson Julie Mellan addresses the topic: Animal Anatomy, 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 learn some general rules about animal legs anatomy. There are some unexpected similarities between the different species and I think once you know them, You can draw almost anything. You don't need to know the full skeleton in a scientific way. but a schematic EID can be enough. So now I will show you the main principles with a tiger. So Here I have the spine. and rib cage. We'll be here. And this is pretty similar with the human anatomy here. You have the shoulder blades. This is the shoulder. This is the equivalent of the elbow. This is... The wrist So here I will ...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories
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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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