Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters
Who are we going to create?
A course by Christian Michel , Graphic designer and illustrator
About the video: Who are we going to create?
Overview
“We will do a brief exercise about how to create a character at a conceptual level, this will help us define what it is like, where it lives, what it likes, what it dislikes, who its friends are, etc. All these details will help us create a brief history around the subject we are going to create.”
In this video lesson Christian Michel addresses the topic: Who are we going to create?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters. Learn to draw fantastic characters like a professional.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now let's talk about the conceptual part of the project, in which I will teach you How to create a story and how to define a character. Next, I'm going to show you the best trick To create a story The first thing we have to do is that we are going to create a big circle on our sheet and here we are going to start scoring everything we can think of that we can create. We will be able to create an alien, a wolf, a lizard ... A monster. A bat. A skull. And so they could go down to where they want to go. Well, from here. the first part What we are going to do is define which of all we are going...”
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Course summary for: Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Christian Michel
A course by Christian Michel
Christian Michel has always been surrounded by art and as a child he was clear about his vocation as an illustrator. He studied graphic design at the Universidad Anáhuac del Sur (Mexico), where he also had the opportunity to offer a chair. He founded the Visual Infection studio, based in Mexico City and San Antonio, specializing in packaging design, illustration and advertising, where he works for companies around the world.
He has exhibited part of his work collectively in Mexico City, Toulouse, Barcelona, Finland, Berlin and New York. Recently he has dedicated himself to share his work and experience as a lecturer in Mexico and abroad. Part of his work can be seen in specialized publications, in all kinds of products and in well-known advertising campaigns.
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