Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration

Overview

“Now I'll show you how to create characters, both human and not so human, from simple shapes. I'll explain how, when you combine variations in sizes and shapes, your characters look more diverse. Finally, I'll create a template with characters to serve as an example for you to start making your own combinations. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Drawing with basic figures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration . Write captivating children's books by exploring narrative techniques and age-appropriate language for young readers..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, I'm going to talk a little bit about how I draw characters with basic figures. When I open my settings menu and I press the canvas option, I can add a drawing guide. By clicking on the drawing guide, I get a grid, which is the default grid. I'm going to put edit here drawing guide, and here I can decide what size I want my pictures to be. As I'm used to working with centimeters, and I don't have a clear idea of how much a pixel will measure, I'm going to change my grid by 0.5 centimeters. I can change the opacity of the grid if I want it to be very clear, if I want it to loo...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (38)
• 4195 students
• 6 units
• 70 lessons (14h 37m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Children's Literature, Content Writing, Creative Writing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Picturebook, Writing