Children’s Illustration for Editorial Publications

Overview

“We already have the face of the character. Now it remains to see how to make your body. For this we will use the puppet method. We will also see the proportions, we will give life to our creations through movement, we will use different ways to create visual richness in our figures and we will see how the different poses help us to transmit concepts and ideas.”

In this video lesson Pamela Barbieri addresses the topic: Character design, body I, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Illustration for Editorial Publications. Learn how to approach children’s illustration projects, from the brief to the final delivery.

Partial transcription of the video

“Welcome to this lesson. In it, we will focus on the body of the characters. Let's start looking at the different sizes and then move on to the "marionette" method and learn how to structure the body. Then, we will start to give it a little life by moving and finally, we will incorporate different forms, what will help us a enrich the designs. Do you think if we start to see the first concept? At the moment of illustrating bodies, I always rely on the theory of Andrew Loomis. Andrew Loomis was a talented American artist recognized for his extensive work in the editorial and advertising world...”

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Course summary for: Children’s Illustration for Editorial Publications

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (283)
• 3830 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (3h 22m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration