Character Creation for Illustrated Books with Watercolor
Sketch on paper
A course by Lorenzo Sangió , Illustrator
About the video: Sketch on paper
Overview
“We begin to draw the first pencil marks for the creation of our character. Let's start with a very simple drawing of the face, we repeat the same thing several times in order to improve our drawing from time to time. When we are satisfied with the work, we add the body and characterize it with accessories and small objects that will help us to give it personality.”
In this video lesson Lorenzo Sangió addresses the topic: Sketch on paper, 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
“Sketch on Paper In this lesson we will begin to sketch our character on paper. Since our character is a fox, the first thing we will need to do is some image research. We can do it on Google or Pinterest. I am very happy working with Pinterest, and for each new character, I always create an inspiration folder. For this course, I’ve already prepared a Pinterest folder with images of foxes that I will show you now. In this case, our character is a fox, it's an animal we all know, however, it is important to always carry out a research phase in order to identify those details that we may not r...”
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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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