Character Design with Stylized Anatomy
What Makes a Character a Character?
A course by Carmela Toro , Ilustradora
About the video: What Makes a Character a Character?
Overview
“In this lesson we will see what makes a character a character, what distinguishes him and elevates him beyond a person or portrait. I will also give you some examples of what we are looking for in order to have the goals of the course clear before we start.”
In this video lesson Carmela Toro addresses the topic: What Makes a Character a Character?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Design with Stylized Anatomy. Learn to illustrate expressive and communicative characters through stylized anatomy.
Partial transcription of the video
“What makes a character a character? at the end of this course we will make a well-defined character, very nice and with a lot of concepts behind, But before I start with that, Let's take a moment to define what a character is. What makes a character a character? What is it that makes us use that word instead of person or portrait? That's what the lesson is about. But first I'll tell you what the final project of the course is about, where we will be working three characters with well-defined psychological concepts behind each. For this, first we are going to know the personalities of each c...”
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Course summary for: Character Design with Stylized Anatomy
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Traditional illustration

Carmela Toro
A course by Carmela Toro
Carmela Toro has worked with all areas of illustration, from design and animation to conceptualization and storyboarding. But it has been the social networks that have helped him discover his own voice, share his process and help others find their way.
Today he enjoys developing characters in his own stories and settings to narrate what he lives day by day or what his close friends experience.
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