Illustration and Character Design for Children’s Stories
Presentation
A course by Teresa Martínez , Illustrator
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“Hi! I will start by telling you a little about my beginnings and the projects I have worked on. As you will see, they are very different from each other, because I am passionate about entering stories and creating different aesthetics for each one. ”
In this video lesson Teresa Martínez addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration and Character Design for Children’s Stories. Learn new digital drawing techniques and create evocative characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hi, how are you? I'm Teresa Martínez, an illustrator for children's stories. I've been drawing practically my whole life since I was a kid, creating characters. Though I have to admit, they weren't so good when I started. Still, I kept learning things throughout the course of my life. And when I turned 14 or 15, I started to attend a school for comics and learning some of the basics of drawing. Then I started to study Graphic Design and learned a lot more about concepts of composition and proportions. But what helped me the most is never ceasing to draw, always practicing. Whil...”
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Course summary for: Illustration and Character Design for Children’s Stories
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Teresa Martínez
A course by Teresa Martínez
Teresa started out in illustration at a young age, publishing comics independently as well as in a local daily newspaper. She later studied to be a graphic designer but never stopped incorporating illustrations into her projects. In 2002 she started working in the editorial industry and published pieces with Richmond, Editorial SM, Castillo, Edebé, Alfaguara, and CONACULTA.
With more than 25 years' experience in the field of illustration, she has had numerous opportunities in the audiovisual world, seeing her illustrations appear in the short Imaginantes as well as internationally. Some of her pieces, including Swan Lake, Fábulas Mexicanas, Arthur and the Sword in the Stone, and Fantastic Body, have been published in England, France, Spain, Brazil, and the United States.
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