Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
Influences
A course by Agnès Ernoult , Children's Book Illustrator
Joined December 2021
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here, I'll talk about some of the main artists who have strongly influenced my work. ”
In this video lesson Agnès Ernoult addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen. Learn to create quirky characters full of personality by combining drawing exercises with watercolor and dip pen techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I will talk to you about some of the main artists who have had a strong influence on my work. The biggest influence on my work is, without a doubt, the Disney Animation Studios. I am a big fan of all the behind the scene work and all the concept art design and character design. This is a book I brought back from an exhibition in Paris about Disney and the movement. It is filled with amazing illustrations. This is a concept design of “Alice in Wonderland” by Mary Blair. It's from the ‘50s and it's so modern and contemporary that it hasn't gotten old at all. The c...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Painting, Sketching, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Agnès Ernoult
A course by Agnès Ernoult
Agnès is a children’s book illustrator based in France. She has been published in Australia, France, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Agnès enjoys creating whimsical characters using her nib and watercolor palette, and believes that every tale she illustrates is like a journey into a new world, filled with deeper messages for children and parents to discover together.
Her career as an illustrator has also taken her into the world of advertising and communication. She’s collaborated with clients like Andros, Raynaud-Ercuis, DSM, Dansez dancewear, Hinkler Books, Cricket Media, Magnard Jeunesse, and the Jacquemart-André museum in Paris.
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