Creative Lab: Illustrate Characters for Children

Working Out Special Elements

A course by Anna Süßbauer , Illustrator

98% positive reviews (49)

1,117 students

Audio: German

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About the video: Working Out Special Elements

Overview

“Your ideas are in demand here! Use your imagination to find and add the special and the unusual to your characters. ”

In this video lesson Anna Süßbauer addresses the topic: Working Out Special Elements, 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

“Work out special elements In the last lesson we added elements of movement. In this lesson we will find what is special in your characters and work it out. Let's see together what makes your characters special. What makes her different from other characters? What makes them original and makes them stand out? What makes the viewer smile or linger? That comes entirely from your imagination. Maybe you let it flow in intuitively, while creating the characters. You draw from what you have experienced what surrounds and inspires you. But you can also use your imagination with a few simple what-if...”

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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.