Are you feeling stuck with designing characters for picture books? Have you gotten feedback that your characters are stiff or not drawn consistently?
In this short class, award winning illustrator Mirka Hokkanen will share her best tips on how to draw characters consistently for picture books. It's perfect for beginner and intermediate illustrators wanting to illustrate picture books for kids. Mirka uses examples from her own work and from other picture books to illustrate each lesson, and uses simple exercises to help you build up your skills.
In this class you will:
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<li> Learn how to draw a character consistently </li>
<li> What proportional markers are</li>
<li> The 4 techniques Mirka uses to draw characters consistently</li>
<li> The 1 pose that she found is an exception to the rule </li>
</ul>
 
Class Project:
For the class project, you’ll take a character you've created and draw a character pose sheet for them. For a second optional project, and a portfolio builder, create a series of three final illustrations.    
Interested to learn more about illustrating books for kids?
Find Part 1: Designing Picture Book Characters here: <a href="https://skl.sh/4ceboRO" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://skl.sh/4ceboRO</a>
Part 3: Designing Animal Characters here: <a href="https://skl.sh/4i0mJZ0" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://skl.sh/4i0mJZ0</a>
I have a series of classes already going on the process of illustrating children’s books. You can use the classes to get more insights into the industry and learn the basics. Find them on my class list here: https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/mirkah

Introduction

Project Description

Simple Shapes

Proportional Markers

Practice Makes Better

Keeping Characters Close

Strong Characteristics

Use 3-D Shapes for Reference

Pose Anomaly

Assignment: Pose Sheet

Assignment 2: Series of 3 Illustrations

Post Work in Class

Character design part 2 handout.pdf

Character pose sheet for little girl

Character Design for Picture Books, Part 2: Drawing Characters Consistently

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Character Design for Picture Books, Part 2: Drawing Characters Consistently

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