Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children

Finding the Right Color Palette

A course by Anna Süßbauer , Illustrator

98% positive reviews (49)

1,117 students

Audio: German

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About the video: Finding the Right Color Palette

Overview

“Let's talk about the right color palette and how to use it to make your characters stand out. ”

In this video lesson Anna Süßbauer addresses the topic: Finding the Right Color Palette, 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

“Find the right color palette Last time I showed you which brushes I use every day. Now let's look at the color palette, to make your characters stand out. Like you colors for your figures and choose the overall composition of your project, is of course a matter of taste and is entirely left to your imagination. Personally, I like to use rich, bold colors and combine them with a high contrast to each other, to create tension. The interplay between cold and warm colors, i.e. the cold-warm contrast, I particularly like it. warm colors from the color wheel, suggesting the activity I often use f...”

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Course summary for: Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (49)
1117 students
4 units
18 lessons (2h 25m)
2 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Picturebook

Anna Süßbauer

A course by Anna Süßbauer

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Illustrator

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.