Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink
Understanding the material: Brush and ink
A course by Andonella , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Understanding the material: Brush and ink
Overview
“In this lesson, we will explore the handling of different brushes and the use of Chinese ink. It is important to understand how our materials work, to achieve the results we want in our projects.”
In this video lesson Andonella addresses the topic: Understanding the material: Brush and ink, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink. Learn to give personality to your creations through colour.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] In this lesson we are going to put into practice our different materials. For this I'm going to start showing them the use of the brush and the use of Chinese ink. There are many ways we can use them. I use it in a very basic way only for inking. take a little bit of ink with the dropper and put it in the bodete. take some water from my water can that I have separated because it is the tin can and I put a little droplet on it. This is to make that the ink is not so thick. Let's start with the round brush of the number 1. I have to wet the brush a bit before putting the ink because o...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Character Design, Gouache Painting, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration
Andonella
A course by Andonella
Self-taught artist Andonella has managed to make a name for herself in the Mexican illustration scene with her cheeky and colorful characters. Her work is full of portraits, inspired by real people and the scenes that arise from her imagination, characterized by humor and irreverence.
Her work has been published in different digital and print media such as Vice magazine, Juxtapoz, and Nylon, and in publishers such as Planeta, Penguin Random House, and Santillana. In addition, she made the graphic identity of the Mextilo, memoria de la moda mexicana characters, is co-author of the book #AmigaDateCuenta: una guía para la vida, has worked with Pictoline and has collaborated with different brands such as H&M, Nike, and Ponds.
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