Illustration and Character Design for Children’s Stories
Body expression
A course by Teresa Martínez , Illustrator
About the video: Body expression
Overview
“Now we will have fun imagining situations that the character might be going through to portray him in different poses. I will take the opportunity to explain, in detail, about the line of action, skeleton and contour. ”
In this video lesson Teresa Martínez addresses the topic: Body expression, 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
“Body Language Here's where our characters come to life because we start imagining them in situations that could happen to them to work on their body language. I'll give you some tips to help you succeed. Join me to see how I do it. I've made a new document where I've placed these three faces I chose. I've also included this full body Dorothy that I drew before. This will help me as a guide to start drawing and sketching Dorothy in various positions, but now preferably full body. I'm going to try to imagine how she'd act in various scenes that occur throughout the book. How she'd be moving, ...”
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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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