Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
Find a way of working
A course by Lorenzo Sangió , Illustrator
About the video: Find a way of working
Overview
“The next step after finding the right tools is to identify your own working method, which is equally personal and deserves reflection. Are you more of a sketchbook or scattered sheets? Do you prefer paper or iPad? Do you draw in the silence of your room or do you prefer to isolate yourself in the chaos of some city cafeteria? The good news is that there is no right or wrong method, but I want to give you some tips to find the one that's right for you.”
In this video lesson Lorenzo Sangió addresses the topic: Find a way of working, 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
“Finding a Method After talking about the materials, in this lesson I want to talk to you about how to find your own working method. There are two main types of illustrator: those who use a sketchbook and methodically fill it to the last page, and the disorganized creative who pins ideas everywhere, starting one sketchbook after another, never finishing one, or only going back to it years later out of guilt. I belong to the second category. Therefore, what I recommend is: try to make yourself use a sketchbook, because having a physical place to write down all of your ideas is very important ...”
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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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