Illustrated Characters with Paper
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Explore the medium of paper collage to bring playful and vibrant characters to life
Discover how to create fun, lively characters using only paper! Illustrator and visual artist Natalia Spadaro, better known as Estrellita Caracol, invites you to join her and explore the world of paper collage. Her illustrations have been featured in books and magazines from a range of publishers like Atlántida, Edelvives, MacMillan, Puerto de Palos, and more.
As a follow-up to her first course, Story Illustration with Paper, she teaches you how to play with collage to build characters with larger-than-life personalities. Learn creative craft and cut-out techniques to make paper characters who belong to the same story. Discover why mistakes can be a good thing and how to make the most of them to bring playful and vibrant characters to life.
Natalia Spadaro, better known as Estrellita Caracol, begins by introducing herself and telling you about her art and her professional career. She also shows you who and what inspire her work before giving you an overview of the course.
Jump into the world of collage by gathering all the materials you need to start working and learn some of the basic techniques. Your teacher demonstrates different ways to make cut-outs, including the conceptual and feelings-based approaches to cutting. Then, discover what a character is and how to define one.
Get ready to have some fun! Play a series of games and embrace the happy accidents, fun surprises, and mistakes you make along the way to create a variety of characters with larger-than-life personalities. Once you’re done, lay them out and choose the ones that are best suited to your project.
Now it’s time to bring those characters to life. Create sketches and use collage to add movement and give them different expressions. Decide what it is that connects them and elaborate on that idea to construct your scene.
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