Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor

Searching for Inspiration and Documentation

A course by Chuma Hill , Illustrator

Illustrator. Madrid, Spain.
Joined June 2011
100% positive reviews (45)
1,515 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Searching for Inspiration and Documentation

Overview

“When telling something, it is necessary to give it consistency, and what better way than to create a story around our character. In this lesson I will show you the tools that will be useful to achieve it.”

In this video lesson Chuma Hill addresses the topic: Searching for Inspiration and Documentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor . Learn to use watercolors, ink, pencils, and adhesive tape to illustrate colorful characters with volume, texture, and movement.

Partial transcription of the video

“Search for inspiration and documentation In this lesson we are going to look for inspiration and documentation in order to create a unique character. When creating a character it is important to give it consistency and create a story around it in order to give it credibility. That is why it is important to carry out a series of steps that will help you organize your ideas on paper and that we can transfer these to the drawing or to our final project. In this case we will start with a brainstorming, which is nothing more than putting the ideas that occur to us on paper and then select all th...”

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Course summary for: Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (45)
  • 1515 students
  • 4 units
  • 20 lessons (4h 47m)
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    Illustration
  • Areas

    Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

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Illustrator Chuma Hill is a curious character, always looking to learn new things, with a passion for drawing for as long as he can remember. His style is the fruit of lots of trial and error and investigation to achieve a range of aesthetics, and has come to be defined by fluid lines, empty spaces, and vibrant colors.

He has worked as an illustrator primarily for private collectors but also publishing houses in the USA as well as nationally, and has exhibited his work in various art studios. He's illustrated covers for comics including Deadly Class, Hell Sonja, and Swamp Dogs. He also published his own artbook with Ominiky Ediciones and collaborated with Tachyon on the book Falling in love with hominids.


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Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor . Illustration course by Chuma Hill

Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor

A course by Chuma Hill
Illustrator. Madrid, Spain.
Joined June 2011
  • 100% positive reviews (45)
  • 1,515 students