Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children
Inspirations
A course by Anna Süßbauer , Illustrator
About the video: Inspirations
Overview
“Now I want to share with you the experiences and references that have influenced me as an artist.”
In this video lesson Anna Süßbauer addresses the topic: Inspirations, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children. Learn creative techniques to illustrate fictional characters that captivate young readers, from adorable little creatures to more extravagant ones.
Partial transcription of the video
“inspirations In the last lesson I told you something about myself and in this lesson I will show you the books who have inspired me. By Friedrich Karl Waechter there were some books in my nursery, even if some of them were not intended for children at all. I was particularly fascinated by the book "Die Kronenklaauer", that FK Waechter shows a world of its own here, where nothing is as it seems. Big is small, up is down. A character can also be a completely different character. Here e.g. B. the shoe is the head and two heads form the shoes. That fascinated me as a child because it was so dif...”
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Course summary for: Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Picturebook
Anna Süßbauer
A course by Anna Süßbauer
Anna Süßbauer is a Cologne-based illustrator who specializes in children's books and editorial projects. After working in several professional fields, she decided to pursue her passion for creating art and self-expression through images, a skill she taught herself. Her favorite way to bring the mundane to life is by illustrating brightly colored creatures with unusual shapes and funny features.
She's illustrated books for major clients like Miles Kelly, DK Children, Little Tiger, Hachette Worthy Kids, and Combel Editorial, where she was given the creative freedom to explore her style in ¡Tengo un hambre de dragón! by Mar Benegas. In the publishing field, she got to complete her dream project for the magazine Brigitte and has already illustrated the children's puzzle page of Die kleine Brigitte several times.
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