124 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘DESIGNING FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS WITH JULIA CHRISTIANS’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 6 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Designing for Children’s Books, with Artist Julia Christians‘ was the topic for this weeks lil episode.

Really enjoyed this one that focused a lot on having fun whilst designing your characters, because if you’re having fun, the character will appear to be having fun, which will result in the viewer having fun too :)

Some of the other topics include:

  • Experimenting with your Designs,
  • How Art is all about Playing and Having Fun,
  • Curiosity,
  • Using Accessories to create fun Silhouettes,
  • Creating a Family of Characters,
  • The benefits of Sketching,
  • Asking your Character Questions,
  • How your Character must be Functional as well as Engaging,
  • Thumbnails,
  • and I slurp on a Hot Cock-late :)

Hope you like this one.

LINKS
JuliaChristians.de
Julia Christians on Instagram
CDQ Magazine Website
Character Design Quarterly Magazine Issue 6 Click Look Video

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DO NOT ALWAYS GO FOR YOUR FIRST IDEA; DRAW MORE OPTIONS TO SEE IF YOU CAN PUSH YOUR CHARACTER A LITTLE FURTHER

– Julia Christians