Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters
What is the caricature?
A course by Ed Vill , Illustrator and designer
About the video: What is the caricature?
Overview
“We define the concept of cartoons and everything we can do with them. We will begin to think in cartoon format. ”
In this video lesson Ed Vill addresses the topic: What is the caricature?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters. Learn the fundamental principles to create unique and extravagant characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“Since you heard something from me we can start talking about the caricature. We wonder what is the caricature, the caricature is the exaggeration of the features of the appearance. Anything that is exaggerated is going to look like a caricature. A normal person with a big nose can already be a caricature. How many relatives or friends look like a caricature? They make a joke or have a funny phrase, that's a caricature, the cartoon we can take it anywhere. We can draw a big nose and a small head and one eye bigger than the other and we already have a funny cartoon. We can exaggerate the feat...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters
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Character Design, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Ed Vill
A course by Ed Vill
Ed Vill was born in Caracas (Venezuela), although he has been living in Mexico since 2016. He considers himself a cartoon enthusiast and has turned his passion into a profession by creating custom cartoon characters.
This multidisciplinary illustrator and designer has also worked as a copywriter and photographer for print media, recorded albums, created radio and television shows, and launched his own design brand: EdVill. Currently, he illustrates children's books and teaches character creation workshops for children and adults.
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