Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
The study of the character
A course by Lorenzo Sangió , Illustrator
About the video: The study of the character
Overview
“Before we start drawing, we need to focus on character study. For editorial works and, more generally, for commissioned works, we almost always start with a brief: a brief description of the character that helps his development. In this lesson, we will analyze the three briefs that you can develop as a final project and we will begin to derive the fundamental information of the first to transform it into an initial sketch.”
In this video lesson Lorenzo Sangió addresses the topic: The study of the character, 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
“The Character Study In this lesson, we will talk about how the study of a character is born. When a text is entrusted to us by a publisher, a single illustration or a project from a private client which requires the presence of one or more characters, it is important to identify the characteristics that precisely characterize that character. Usually, in book projects, all this information is contained in the text. If there are no descriptions of the character within our text, we must use our intuition to judge through the actions it performs within the story. For "The Three Little Pigs” for...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
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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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