Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
Character sketch
A course by John Joven, Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Character sketch
Overview
“I will tell you about the process I follow to create and design characters, surely seeing this process will help you generate ideas for your own creative experience. You will see how I make the sketches of my characters. ”
In this video lesson John Joven addresses the topic: Character sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures. Learn to create illustrations that tell endearing stories by combining the use of analog textures and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“character sketch The characters are the main actors of your illustration. As in the movies, they must transmit correctly his motivations, his goals, his personality. In this lesson I'm going to show you how. Let's start. The central character must have personality, a story behind Regardless of its appearance, it must connect with the reader, as is commonly said, to have some kind of grace. That charisma does not always depend on beauty or talent, there are many examples of antiheroes who have charming personalities. For example in the movie "Megamind", where the noted hero Metro Man it fall...”
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Course summary for: Children’s Digital Illustration: Colors and Textures
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Children's Illustration, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

John Joven
A course by John Joven
John Joven started drawing at a young age and is now a graphic designer by trade and an illustrator at heart. With more than 22 years of experience in the industry, his characters and illustrations have appeared in magazine and newspaper articles, children's books, and animation projects around the world.
Throughout his career, he has created illustrations for children's stories published by major companies like McGraw Hill, Planeta, and Macmillan. He has also designed images for Amazon, Avianca, and National Geographic Channel.
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