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
“Before we start working. we'll review all the materials we need for this lesson. For example. For the ink part. here's what we'll need These sheets have a texture ranging from 200 to 300 grams. suitable for this wet technique. The paper I prefer is more off-white. rather than pure white. providing a unique aesthetic. I find the atmosphere created by the illustrations more intriguing when the paper isn't pure white. but rather off-white. adding a unique aesthetic. What I suggest is that the paper should be completely free of any roughness or texture; it needs to be perfectly smooth and matte...”
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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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