Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor
The Composition
A course by Chuma Hill , Illustrator
About the video: The Composition
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to focus on composition. I will teach you the methods that we can use to compose and give rhythm and balance to the illustration.”
In this video lesson Chuma Hill addresses the topic: The Composition, 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
“The composition In this lesson, once we have our idea, we will see the methods we need to compose and give rhythm to our image. First, we will look at the equilibrium composition rules. It is very important that we center the piece well on paper so that it does not move to one side, to the other, up or down, or out of the paper. For that we have to take into account the weights of each part of the drawing. For this we will see how to distribute the weights within the drawing in a correct way. In this first example we will see the balance rule. Placing the two elements at an equidistant dist...”
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Course summary for: Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Chuma Hill
A course by Chuma Hill
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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