Characters and Settings for Children's Story Illustration

Overview

“Unless you're doing a story about robots, your character's body also has to be expressive, fluid and naturally moving, not static and paralyzed. For this, studying lines of action, the line that defines your character's visual movement, is essential. Here the important thing is to start by letting go of the hand and make a few lines to guide yourself in the structure of your character. In addition, the line of action is a great ally when directing the reader's gaze. Another tip that seems silly, but helps a lot, is to change the straight toothpick structure and start drawing from a bean. This shape already has curves and will naturally make your character less stiff. When making a gesture, try to place the shoulder line opposite the hip line. It's a natural way our body has to compensate for weight and generally makes the gesture more organic. Finally, I advise you to draw your characters naked before putting on clothes and accessories. In this way, we give a structure to the body first and the accessories are coherent with the continuity of the members that is guaranteed. ”

In this video lesson user1471081 surname1471081 addresses the topic: Characters even more full of life: the body, which is part of the Domestika online course: Characters and Settings for Children's Story Illustration. Learn to use the power of storytelling to illustrate children's books in your own style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Characters even more full of life: the body Now, ready to set the characters in motion, the beautiful characters we've created so far? Now that I have the iPad, it will be easier to show you what I use a lot, which is the character's line of action. The line of action is the character's central movement. The line that will guide us to build the whole character on top of it. It's easier for us to do this before starting to build all the volumetry of the character, all the muscles and the torso. It's easier to just let go of your hand, let it flow and find that movement, that we will use as a...”

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Course summary for: Characters and Settings for Children's Story Illustration

• Level: Beginner
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• 1090 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (5h 24m)
• 19 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Children's Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration