Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters

Overview

“Representing details of a character with simple shapes and exaggerating their proportions and gestures to convey emotions are two key resources in the cartoon style. Let's see them in detail.”

In this video lesson Samantha Martínez addresses the topic: Exaggeration and Simplification, 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

“exaggeration and simplification In this lesson we will see some features of the cartoon style: exaggeration and simplification. In the cartoon style, one of the most common properties is to extract details from an object or a person and represent them with simple forms, and the other is to exaggerate the proportions and gestures of a character to convey emotions clearly. Let's see some examples. When we talk about extracting details, is to simplify the structure of an object with basic shapes. It can be from a simple structure to a very complex one. As in this example, the most basic form W...”

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Course summary for: Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (30)
• 1165 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (1h 55m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration