Guided project: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
Characteristics of a character
A guided course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: Characteristics of a character
Overview
“A character must, above all, have a personality that makes them unique. Here we'll see how those special characteristics shape them from the inside out.”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: Characteristics of a character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided project: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories. Create characters with unique souls for enlightened stories. .
Partial transcription of the video
“Thanks to archetypes and stereotypes. we will begin working on the first ideas for our character. Who is What are his characteristics? What is his personality like? These are some of the questions we will solve in this lesson's exercise. I have a list I had previously considered about the characteristics in this case. then. for my character. for my character. Some traits are physical. while others emphasize personality. highlighting key characteristics. I didn't sort them into categories; I simply listed them as they occurred to me. Our next step will be to refine and prioritize which ones ...”
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Course summary for: Guided project: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
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Category
Illustration, Writing -
Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Editorial Design, Fiction Writing, Storyboard
Valentina Toro
A guided course by Valentina Toro
Valentina Toro is an illustrator and writer with a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia. Her work revolves around her fascination with the unknown and the secret worlds that can only be discovered in books.
Over the course of her career, she has published seven books, five of which are children’s books. Her style can be described as a blend of textual narration with images that create universes inhabited by both forms of expression. She has also written three novels and done illustrations for other authors. She was a runner up in the Little Hakka Picture Book Competition in China and is currently represented internationally by Advocate-Art Inc.
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