Guided project: Character Creation for Illustrated Stories
Final illustration
A guided course by Valentina Toro , Illustrator and Writer
About the video: Final illustration
Overview
“Now let's see how to apply the color palette, define the size of the illustration, and adjust the final details of our illustration. ”
In this video lesson Valentina Toro addresses the topic: Final illustration, 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
“Now. it's time to finish our project and see our first narrative illustration with original characters realized. Let's start. Before starting. the most important thing is to clearly define the dimensions of our illustration. Whether we want it horizontal. vertical. very small or very large. if we're considering. for example. printing it. resolution is crucial. For example. when bringing it to print media. it's crucial to consider the resolution. In this case. i decided to create an illustration with a square format because I feel it's a format that works well for my portfolio. This format a...”
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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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