Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
Presentation
A course by Lorenzo Sangió , Illustrator
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this first lesson I want to tell you something about myself and how I came to illustrate children's books. My house has always been inundated with books since I was a child and my favorite activity, of course, was drawing. Over time, I discovered that the world of editorial illustration for children was just for me. The real turning point was attending a master's degree in editorial illustration, thanks to which I earned my first important collaboration.”
In this video lesson Lorenzo Sangió addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor. Learn to bring the protagonists of your stories to life in watercolor, from the first sketch to the final retouch in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hi, I'm Lorenzo Sangiò, and I'm a children's book illustrator. Before starting this course together, I want to tell you a little about me and the creative path which led me to work in editorial illustration. My work mainly consists of creating illustrations for picture books. I work mainly with publishing houses who commission me the text of an author to illustrate. When I get a new text to illustrate, the first thing I usually do is to freely design everything that comes to mind. This is the initial stage of the job and it is the most creative phase, where I am free. The most ...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Watercolor Painting
Lorenzo Sangió
A course by Lorenzo Sangió
Lorenzo Sangió is a children's book illustrator who comes from a creative family. He became fascinated with drawing at a young age and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brescia. In 2014, he joined forces with several classmates and founded The House Art Project, an exhibit space for young artists in the heart of the city.
After finishing his studies, Lorenzo began to participate in illustration competitions and won several of them, earning himself the title of Best Illustrator in the Città del Sole competition and the Battello a Vapore Award. In 2017, he studied a master's degree in editorial illustration at the Ars in Fabula school in Macerata and finished the course by publishing his final year project with the company Carthusia. Since then, he has been creating illustrations for different publishing houses such as Orecchio Acerbo and Edizioni Corsare.
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