Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
First sketches
A course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: First sketches
Overview
“The time has come to meet our characters live and direct, for that we are going to make some sketches of each one.”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: First sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories . Learn the tools to write and illustrate characters, both inside and out, by understanding their essence and their world .
Partial transcription of the video
“First sketches It's time to meet the characters live and direct and for that we will make sketches of each one. Let us begin. Here I already have a more finished sketch of my witch girl. Here, as you can see, I finished giving you a lot more detail. I like it and kept the kerchief element. I also kept the huge glasses, I put an element that is a kind of tunic, that is too big for him, because I imagine it is a robe that he steals from his mother. It could turn out to be that gown that moms wear when they get up in the morning so as not to go out in their pajamas. And it happens to be a robe...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Drawing, Editorial Design, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration, Writing
Valentina Toro
A course by Valentina Toro
Valentina Toro is an illustrator and writer with a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia. Her work revolves around her fascination with the unknown and the secret worlds that can only be discovered in books.
Over the course of her career, she has published seven books, five of which are children’s books. Her style can be described as a blend of textual narration with images that create universes inhabited by both forms of expression. She has also written three novels and done illustrations for other authors. She was a runner up in the Little Hakka Picture Book Competition in China and is currently represented internationally by Advocate-Art Inc.
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