Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories
The Three Parts of an Animal
A course by user5085764 surname5085764 , Illustrator
Joined December 2020
Learn to draw anthropomorphic characters that bring joy to young readers by exploring the fundamentals of animal anatomy, posing, and stylization
About the video: The Three Parts of an Animal
Overview
“Almost all animals can be schematized into three parts: forequarters, belly, and rear quarters. This is the "three parts" trick that I will be demonstrating in this lesson. You will see that only the proportions differ from one species to another, so this trick is really helpful to work on the volume of the animal subject.”
In this video lesson user5085764 surname5085764 addresses the topic: The Three Parts of an Animal, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories. Learn to draw anthropomorphic characters that bring joy to young readers by exploring the fundamentals of animal anatomy, posing, and stylization.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Three Parts of an Animal In this lesson, we will see the three-parts tip. Every animal species can be schematized that way. Even birds. Only the proportions will differ from one species to another. This is where observation is required. For a human character, the average ratio is seven heads in the full-body height. Let's try with two different animals. Let's start with a rabbit. Here, we can see its proportions. It has almost two heads and a half in this full-body length. Now let's compare it with a different one, a giraffe. Here, I don't need to measure the head size. I can see the ...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Animal Illustration for Children’s Stories
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Children's Illustration, Drawing, Pencil Drawing
A course by user5085764 surname5085764
Julie Mellan is a French illustrator and self-confessed watercolor addict who specializes in illustrations for children’s books. She spent her childhood reading Beatrix Potter’s books and drawing animal characters from Disney movies, before going on to study classic drawing, painting, illustration, and animation at the French art school École Émile Cohl. After graduating, she continued to combine sketching and watercolors to create expressive animal characters, and eventually published her first book in 2013.
Julie uses traditional mediums to tell stories through her illustrations and create connections between characters. Her work has appeared in children’s books published by the likes of Penguin Random House, Clavis, and Fleurus.
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