Specialization in Creative Writing and Children's Illustration

Overview

“After the head comes the body. I'll explain how to draw the body, paying attention to the silhouette and legibility of your image. I'll show you how I look for poses that help me best tell my character's story. By the end of this lesson, I'll have my character sketch ready to use in an illustration. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: An expressive body, 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

“Now I'm going to work on the body of my character. One thing that happened to me when I started drawing was that my poses weren't very dynamic. After talking to a professor, he told me that what happened was that my images were very posed. At first, I didn't understand what they meant by that, but this person was able to explain to me that what happened was that when you drew, you draw someone running, but you don't see it as someone who is running. You draw it as someone who is doing it on purpose, who is running, and he told the person, hey, take a photo of me doing it like if I'm running...”

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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