Character Exploration for Expressive Illustration
Shapes, Emotions, and Synesthesia
A course by Tania Yakunova , Illustrator
About the video: Shapes, Emotions, and Synesthesia
Overview
“In this lesson, I will tell you about the project we're going to work on in this course. Then, I'll share my vision of character design and explain how shapes and forms can help us feel and understand the emotions represented in a drawing.”
In this video lesson Tania Yakunova addresses the topic: Shapes, Emotions, and Synesthesia, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Exploration for Expressive Illustration. Learn how to draw characters with personality by exploring shapes, movement, proportions, and scale to amplify their expressiveness.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Shapes, Emotions and Synesthesia In this lesson, I'll share my vision of character design and how shapes and forms help us understand the emotions of a drawing. First, let me talk to you about our final project. It will be an illustration featuring an interesting and diverse crowd representing the community of your city. Tell others about your city with your illustration. I believe that community is what makes each city different and I can't wait to see the characters of your community. Now, I'll talk about my vision and approach to character design. I believe in illustration, shaping mea...”
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Course summary for: Character Exploration for Expressive Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Tania Yakunova
A course by Tania Yakunova
Tania Yakunova is an illustrator from Kyiv. As a child, she was always interested in drawing, inspired by her grandfather who was a professional artist. She began studying at art school at the age of 7, and after graduating from university, began working as a copywriter. Tania later went back to school to study design and discovered a love for illustration in particular, which she put into practice working in a motion design studio alongside freelance projects in everything from editorial illustration to packaging design.
Since then, she’s become a full-time freelancer and has exhibited her work in galleries in France, the US, Germany, Italy, and the UK. Tania has worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Google, Upwork, Penguin Random House, Amazon, Visa Gold, Yves Rocher, and Facebook. She also runs her own poster shop.
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