Expressive Character Design with Watercolor & Dip Pen
The Character
A course by Agnès Ernoult , Children's Book Illustrator
Joined December 2021
Joined December 2021
About the video: The Character
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll teach you to seek inspiration by gathering all sorts of references to help you immerse yourself into your character’s world. ”
In this video lesson Agnès Ernoult addresses the topic: The Character , 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
“ The Character In this lesson, we'll seek inspiration by gathering all sorts of references to help you immerse into your character's world. At this stage, you become the writer of your character's story. One fun thing to do is to seek all kinds of references to help you grasp your character’s story and personality. This is a page from one of my sketchbooks, and I had good fun working on this one because I gathered different references. I wanted to draw a wolf and as you can see, there is not a single wolf in my references. It's movies, books, comics, or existing characters that inspired me...”
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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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