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Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters

Presentation

A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator

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Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Presentation

Overview

“To start, I will tell you about my career as a digital artist. I will also tell you about the reasons why I have always loved drawing.”

In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters. Learn how to use digital tools to bring your own detailed and expressive manga heroes to life.

Partial transcription of the video

“Introduction Hi, my name is Catalina Carlesi, better known as Alpaca. Welcome to my Domestika course. I want to start this course by telling you about myself. I am a cartoonist and self-taught digital artist from Chile. I studied Graphic Design, but always wanted to do drawing. One of the reasons why I always liked to draw is that it was fascinating to me to create something from nothing, That's why, since I was young, inspired, like many, by children's cartoons, I started drawing. I really liked anime, and copying the drawings I saw on television helped me make it my hobby, and I wanted to...”

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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters

Level: Intermediate
98% positive reviews (403)
26582 students
4 units
15 lessons (2h 52m)
8 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Digital Illustration, Manga, Traditional illustration

Catalina Carlesi

A course by Catalina Carlesi

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Cartoonist and Illustrator

Catalina Carlesi, better known as Alpaca, is a Chilean cartoonist and digital illustrator specializing in manga characters. She began her career as a graphic designer, but soon decided to pursue her dream and devote herself full time to illustration.

She's always been a huge fan of manga, anime, and video games, especially JRPGs, as well as Japanese culture in general, which have heavily influenced the style and content of her drawings. She loves creating original characters and weaving their stories into her illustrations through the use of light and shadows, colors, and expressive details.