Creative Techniques for Design and Illustration of Characters
A course by Gastón Caba , Character designer and illustrator
Create a narrative universe for your characters based on your own experiences
Create a narrative universe for your characters based on your own experiences
Gastón Caba is an illustrator, character designer and passionate about everything abnormal and nonsense of everyday life.
In this course, Gastón will teach you his technique of creating characters and then share a series of exercises to unlock creativity based on experiences, dreams and desires.
To do this, you will create a character from scratch, you will define the variables that help build your style and you will look for ideas without stopping (inspired by your everyday experiences) that you will write down in a notebook.
The goal is to learn to imagine complex universes for your characters and stories that allow you to create images with which to feed a blog or social networks daily.
As Gastón Caba says "Never believe that you have nothing to tell because there is a universe inside you" .
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 9 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (218)
- 2,815 students
- 17 lessons (2h 26m)
- 9 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
The project consists in creating a blog, a profile in social networks or a portfolio in Domestika where you publish your daily production of images around the life of a character invented by you.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To designers, illustrators, creators of video games, animators and anyone who wants to create characters in an intuitive and fun way, who wants to expand their capacity to tell stories and who wants to share their work with the world.
Requirements and materials
To carry out this course, no previous knowledge is required, just a lot of desire to experiment and connect with your inner world.
Regarding the materials, you will need: notebooks, pen, ink, brushes, markers, a scanner and a computer with Photoshop.
Reviews
A course by Gastón Caba
Gastón Caba is an illustrator, character designer, pattern designer and teacher. He currently lives and works in the city of Quilmes, Buenos Aires. His designs and characters are internationally recognized for his cheerful and colorful style and he has worked for brands such as Adidas, Benetton, Diesel, Coca-Cola, Orange or Sony Playstation, among others.
In 2005 he created an ambitious project called Ping Pong Remix, in which he invited more than 70 artists from around the world to reinterpret his work.
From 2010 he started with his project We Love Patterns, a series of group and individual illustration courses in companies and colleges and in 2011 he joined the teaching team of Daniel Roldán's illustration department at the UBA.
Since 2015 he has collaborated in the magazine Anorak with his adorable character Round Bunny, a classic strip of four panels and in 2016 Round Bunny became the protagonist of the book "Churro, the rabbit" edited by Edelvives.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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Workbook and references
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U2
Designing a character
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Choice of the character
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Playing with our design I
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Playing with our design II
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Time as a design variable
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U3
Drawing ideas without stopping
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Configuring my universe
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Diary of emotions and experiences
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Pressure to the character
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Diary of dreams and daydreams
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Alphabet of images
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Connecting with the culture of the moment
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U4
Selecting and formatting
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Your community is your first editor
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Thinking about the output format
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Tips on scanning, painting and color palette
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Opening of your project
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FP
Final project
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Character design: create a narrative universe
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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