Introduction to Illustration of Characters with Gouache and India Ink
Sketch
A course by Andonella , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Sketch
Overview
“It is time to make the final sketch in the size in which we want our illustration to be, in order to translate it to watercolor paper with the help of a light box.”
In this video lesson Andonella addresses the topic: Sketch, 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] Well, we've already arrived at the most fun part of the course that is the development of our final character. As I at the beginning, the character that I'm going to develop is inspired by my mood board but specifically I'm going to develop Tongolele. The sketch of my character I developed in the same way in which we built the characters from unit two. The body reference of my character I took from this image and I tried to add some elements that I had planned from the beginning that are plants and flowers around character and the texture of the bikini is inspired by the different t...”
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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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