Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters
What defines a?
A course by Ed Vill , Illustrator and designer
About the video: What defines a?
Overview
“We will discover that relating one thing to the other will help us create whatever it is. We will learn about "the resource economy" and "the graphic synthesis". ”
In this video lesson Ed Vill addresses the topic: What defines a?, 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
“Welcome to the lesson: "What defines ...?" This is a of my favorite lessons from the course because this is when we started to unify the criteria to create our characters. Many people ask: "How do I draw a fish? How do I draw a house? How do I draw a tree?" But that should not be the beginning of the exercise. The first thing we should think is what defines what we want to draw. For example, here I have some squares and rectangles. You can say: "They are simple squares, are some geometric figures, but I want to draw fish". And I tell them: "Friends, these are some fish". You will say to me:...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters
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Category
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Areas
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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