Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books
The Characters: From the General to the Particular 1
A course by Natalia Gurovich , Illustrator
About the video: The Characters: From the General to the Particular 1
Overview
“If you are going to illustrate a book, you have to develop the characters, their lines and shapes. To do this, you will see here how to explore the plastic possibilities of the characters according to their characteristics.”
In this video lesson Natalia Gurovich addresses the topic: The Characters: From the General to the Particular 1, 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: from the general to the particular In this lesson we will develop the characters based on the characteristics that we had seen in the last unit. Let's start with the character of Pedrito to get a special stain on your form that we can relate to its characteristics. We know that the color red was his color, that is already clear. Then we think about some of its features that we had described and observed, for example, that he is a cheerful child, brave and determined. With these characteristics in mind and with its color, we will begin to think of its form. I'm going to start...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Illustration for Children’s Books
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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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