Story Illustration with Paper
Color palette
A course by Estrellita Caracol , Visual Artist and Illustrator
Joined December 2013
About the video: Color palette
Overview
“It is very important to define the palette before starting the project because the colors will mark a certain climate and give us identity. In addition, with the palette in hand, we can focus on preparing material only from the colors we select. In this lesson, I am going to show you some of my triggers and, in the tasks, I will leave you with other possibilities so that you can experiment. ”
In this video lesson Estrellita Caracol addresses the topic: Color palette, which is part of the Domestika online course: Story Illustration with Paper. Explore the possibilities of paper and learn to illustrate using collage techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“CHROMATIC PALETTE In this lesson we will see what a color palette is and we will build our own palette, We will see why it is important to define a palette before starting. The color palette helps us define a climate, an aesthetic, what atmosphere we want to give the illustration, to the project in general. What particular tones will I use in my illustration or in my project. A palette can have very few colors or it can have many. I recommend that the palette has two or three colors and eight tones at most. As I am passionate about collage and papers, I put my color palettes like that, with...”
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Course summary for: Story Illustration with Paper
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Collage, Creating with Kids, Narrative, Paper Craft, Traditional illustration

Estrellita Caracol
A course by Estrellita Caracol
Natalia Spadaro, better known as Estrellita Caracol, is an Argentine illustrator. She studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires, but later taught herself illustration, specializing in collage.
Her illustrations have been featured in books and magazines from a range of publishers like Atlántida, Edelvives, MacMillan, Puerto de Palos, Estrada, Treintayseis, Gerbera, and Kalimat from the United Arab Emirates. She has also participated in numerous exhibitions. In 2013, her illustrations were chosen to compete in the Fourth Ibero-American Illustration Contest and the Guadalajara International Book Fair. She currently works as a freelance artist, designer, and illustrator and teaches workshops on collage and illustration for both adults and children.
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