Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink
Understanding the color
A course by Andonella , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Understanding the color
Overview
“To understand the color in a simpler way, the chromatic circle is a very important support. We will understand its use, the types of colors and how to identify and / or create different harmonic compositions. ”
In this video lesson Andonella addresses the topic: Understanding the color, 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 I will show you how the chromatic circle and we will also see how create our own colors from the primary colors. For this, prepare a template where I will show you how the color wheel works. [Music] A tool that can be very useful to understand the color is, this circle chromatic that can get in any store of materials, if not all forms on the internet there are many images that can work, but what I like about this circle is that I can have very at hand and can also be rotated and you gives the different possibilities of what happens when you add red to red orange, or w...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
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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