Fantastical Character Illustration for Children’s Books
Materials
A course by Natalia Colombo , Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you the materials that we will need to do our experimentation exercises throughout the course.”
In this video lesson Natalia Colombo addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantastical Character Illustration for Children’s Books. Free your imagination and learn to create unique characters that bring illustrated stories to life using experimental techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials Before start working, Let's see all the materials we need for this lesson. For example, for the ink part, what we are going to need they are leaves with a texture between 200 and 300 g so they can withstand this wet technique. The paper that I use is a paper that has a more boned color. It is not a pure white because the climate it generates afterwards, when we complete the illustrations, I find it more interesting than if it were white. What I recommend is that the paper is not rough, that has no texture and that is smooth and matte, that is not shiny, so that the materials can w...”
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Course summary for: Fantastical Character Illustration for Children’s Books
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Design, Drawing, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration
Natalia Colombo
A course by Natalia Colombo
Natalia Colombo is an illustrator and a graphic designer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires. She's worked in advertising agencies and her own graphic design studio. After gaining experience illustrating textbooks, she published her first picturebook. She now has more than 60 books published, and with each new book, a new challenge.
Throughout her career, she's had the opportunity to collaborate with publishers in France, China, Italy, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina, and more. She has also received multiple awards for her work, including the International Compostela Prize for Picture Books and the Iberoamérica Ilustra award. In addition to illustrating books, she's collaborated on animation projects for two Argentine TV channels: Encuentro and Pakapaka.
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