Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters
The Line of Action
A course by Samantha Martínez , Digital Animator and Illustrator
Joined November 2018
Joined November 2018
About the video: The Line of Action
Overview
“Now you are going to learn what the line of action is. I will tell you how it can help us to make the poses of our characters look more dynamic.”
In this video lesson Samantha Martínez addresses the topic: The Line of Action, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters. Learn to design imaginary characters that convey messages through gestures, poses, and unique scenes.
Partial transcription of the video
“the line of action Now that we know how to establish personalities through form language it is important to introduce our character in a dynamic pose to make it look more eye-catching and we can achieve this with the line of action. The line of action is an imaginary line what happens from the column to the feet of a body or character. This determines the direction of movement and helps make the characters more visually appealing. Let's see some examples. To better understand what the line of action is, We can see these two characters as an example. Taking into account that the line of acti...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Samantha Martínez
A course by Samantha Martínez
Samantha Martínez, better known as Sam, is a digital animator and illustrator from Mexico, specialized in bringing fantastical figures to life through her designs. After studying 3D digital animation for video games, she discovered her true passion, and decided to dedicate herself to illustration and character design full time.
Her work is characterized by themes relating to fantasy and comedy, reminiscent of the caricature genre. Drawing characters straight from her imagination has allowed her to create an array of audiovisual content for different agencies, as well as illustrate the book El Club de las Niñas Fantasma, published by Alfaguara.
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