Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books
The Characters: Color and Characteristics
A course by Natalia Gurovich , Illustrator
About the video: The Characters: Color and Characteristics
Overview
“Finally, we will see ideas to define the characters. To do this, I will look at the personality of the characters and I will give each one a color that represents them.”
In this video lesson Natalia Gurovich addresses the topic: The Characters: Color and Characteristics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books. Discover mixed techniques to create artistic illustrations for children’s books by using exploration to fuel your creative engine.
Partial transcription of the video
“The characters: color and characteristics In this lesson we will look at ideas on how to define characters. As in the original idea of the author of the story, who is the musician Sergei Prokofiev, he gave each of the characters a melody played with a group of instruments, I want to start from that idea to give each of the characters a color. I will also link through elements of another nature. Perhaps I was inspired by some of its characteristics or the place where they are located, to be able to create something more original with stains. We are going to continue making these conceptual m...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Fine-Art Photography, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook
Natalia Gurovich
A course by Natalia Gurovich
Illustrator and painter Natalia Gurovich studied graphic design in Chile before moving to Mexico to specialize in illustration. She has extensive experience illustrating books for children and young adults and her pieces are a showcase of her different origins and influences, where composition and color are the main pillars. She bases her work on the search for creative freedom, the aesthetic value of plastic arts, and the playfulness of the process.
She has released more than 25 books for children with both Mexican and international publishing houses including Grupo SM, Planeta, Pearson, Castillo, Porrúa, and Panamericana, to name just a few. She has also been recognized in a variety of competitions like the Catálogo Iberoamericano and the Rassegna Internazionale I colori del Sacro in Italy.
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