Introduction to the Creation of Cartoon Style Characters
New dolls of sticks
A course by Ed Vill , Illustrator and designer
About the video: New dolls of sticks
Overview
“I introduce you to your new friends: the stick dolls. We will build our own character structure to resemble a human figure, with geometric figures. ”
In this video lesson Ed Vill addresses the topic: New dolls of sticks, 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
“In this new unit we are going to study the body. How to draw the body? It's really complicated because the body has bones and joints and absolutely nothing of that happens in the cartoons. Cartoons have their own structure. and today, let's see how this structure works, but before, I want to talk a little about the stick dolls. How many of us has not started to draw dolls from sticks? We're going to see them for the last time because we're going to need them later. When we start to make a stick doll, we believe that this is the face, that is, the area where we are going to put all the eleme...”
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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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