Illustrated Characters Factory
Height, waist and figure
A course by Patricio Betteo, Illustrator
About the video: Height, waist and figure
Overview
“The body can be divided into 16 pieces ... or more! Through this system, after defining the number of heads, we can separate the body into only 3 pieces. Long live simplicity!”
In this video lesson Patricio Betteo addresses the topic: Height, waist and figure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Characters Factory. Strengthen your creative ability and design and illustrate characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“This is the initial lesson where we delve into understanding the human body. It's thrilling. and for purpose. we'll utilize a fellow professional's research. We saw Scott McCloud in the lesson on expression. We will now start with Leonardo's Vitruvian Man. offering numerous insights into the organization of parts. enhancing our understanding of human anatomy. In Leonardo's iconic depiction of the universal man. numerous details stand out. yet one key aspect is the accurate portrayal of how many heads a body contains and its principal anatomical divisions. We are crafting imaginary character...”
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Course summary for: Illustrated Characters Factory
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Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Patricio Betteo
A course by Patricio Betteo
Patricio Betteo studied graphic design at the Faculty of Arts and Design at UNAM in Mexico. His illustrations have been featured in diverse magazines such as Expansión, Rolling Stone, and Nexos, and he has exhibited his art in Mexico City, Bucharest, Madrid, and Paris. He also publishes cartoons and comic strips in QUO, Switch, and Chilango.
He illustrated the graphic novel by Tony Sandoval titled Gris: A través de los otoños, which was published in Switzerland and Mexico. Some of his most notable projects include Never Ever After, Mirador, and the graphic novel Mundo Invisible (winner of the 2011 National Graphic Novel Competition by Editorial JUS). He has also illustrated nearly thirty children’s books for publishing companies like Fondo de Cultura Ecónómica, SM, Sexto Piso, Alfaguara, and Almadía.
His devotion to drawing has opened the doors to work in concept art for video games (Grimm, Dance Central) as well as audiovisual animation, where he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for his background art in the show Love, Death + Robots on Netflix.
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