Illustration and Character Design for Children’s Stories
Initial sketch
A course by Teresa Martínez , Illustrator
About the video: Initial sketch
Overview
“Let's get into the action! I want to invite you to see how I start making quick sketches of the characters in the story that I have chosen. Meanwhile, I take the opportunity to explain the aspects to consider and the questions you should ask about your character. Remember that you are creating the actor of your story. You will also see the types of characters you can find when illustrating a children's story. ”
In this video lesson Teresa Martínez addresses the topic: Initial sketch, 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
“Initial Sketch We've now done our drawing exercises and practiced our creativity. We've also seen the most important concepts that we'll work with now because we're going to start creating our characters. They're the actors in our project and the basics are always the most important thing. Join me to see how I do it. I'll base my work on these three shapes to make the three characters who accompany the main character, which is Dorothy. I'm going to start now by working with Dorothy. What do I want for Dorothy? I think I'd like for Dorothy to be a child. I'll draw her round face, I want her ...”
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Course summary for: Illustration and Character Design for Children’s Stories
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Category
Illustration -
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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