Animated Frame by Frame Illustrations
Conceptualizing the image
A course by Catalina Vásquez , Animator and Illustrator
About the video: Conceptualizing the image
Overview
“Start the good: you will make the draft of your illustration. I will teach you some of the visual composition techniques that I use, you will define the focus of your image and you will learn some ways to apply a visual reference in your own creation. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Vásquez addresses the topic: Conceptualizing the image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Frame by Frame Illustrations. Learn to bring your illustrations to life frame by frame with Photoshop, Procreate, and After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“CONCEPTUALIZING IMAGE Hello, welcome to the lesson "Conceptualizing the image". Now the good begins, you will make the sketch of your illustration. For this, I will teach you some visual composition techniques that I use. So let's do this. Well, let's start by creating the document on which we will work. In this case I will put dimensions of 1920 by 1080, ie full HD 72 DPI, which is the depth at which you work for video. So the first thing I'm going to do is create a grid, a perspective grid, which will help me to make the composition of this illustration. I chose to have a party at home. W...”
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Course summary for: Animated Frame by Frame Illustrations
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Catalina Vásquez
A course by Catalina Vásquez
Catalina Vásquez, better known as Kathiuska, is a Colombian animator and illustrator.
She has worked for the publishing sector, illustrating books, magazines articles, ads, apps, and educational projects, as well as for museums and in cinema and wardrobes. She has also collaborated with brands and clients such as Snapchat, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Amnesty International, and the Medellín Museum of Modern Art.
In addition to her illustration work, Catalina has directed several short films, including Reciclando Recuerdos, winner of the India Catalina Award for Best New Creator at the 2011 Cartagena International Film Festival, and Cárcel, winner of the 2016 Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematográfico Colombiano (FDC).
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