Mary Jane Begin – Developing Characters, Environments, and Story Boards

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Mary Jane Begin – Developing Characters, Environments, and Story Boards

13 Video lessons in HD
3h 18m of class content
Exclusive bonus content

LESSONS
1. Class Introduction

2. Start With Words And Ideas

3. Drawing It Out: Creating Character Shape And Gesture

4. Exploring Movement, Facial Expression And Costume Design

5. Developing A Cast Of Characters With Style

6. Color Scripts

7. Developing A Style

8. Creating Compositions With Perspective And Dramatic POV

9. Storyboards, Animatics And Layouts

10. Creating Rhythm And Continuity Between Scenes Or Pages

11. Consideration Of Light, Stylization And Overall Pacing

12. Terms For Making Books

13. Critique Of Audience-Submitted Illustrations
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Instructor Mary Jane Begin is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s picture books, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and professor in the Illustration Department.
In this course, Mary Jane will help viewers learn about the components of developing a visual narrative and learn about best practices for creating more believable characters, authentic worlds and compelling, dynamic visuals that tell a story.
She will cover the following topics

Creating a cast of characters
Developing characters through multiple iterations
Creating a turn-around
Inventing environments
Designing images/storyboards
Layout and understanding light, stylization, and overall pacing of imagery.

Mary Jane will also guide viewers through developing compositions, creating depth of field and merging real and imaginary worlds. The course will come to life through real-world projects both from Mary Jane and from other masters of the industry.
MARY JANE BEGIN
As an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s picture books, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate and professor in the Illustration Department at RISD…Mary Jane feels INCREDIBLY lucky; she gets to do all the things that she loves to do. But in truth: luck + hard work + passion were and are the main ingredients for where she’s at now. It’s one of the reasons that she became the Internship + Professional Development Advisor for her department; she sees it as a way to help students get a running start into the professional realm, to open a doorway and give guidance into an unknown world. As an illustrator, she’s been able to explore painting and color with clients like Hasbro. Her latest books, My Little Pony, Under the Sparkling Sea and MLP, The Dragons on Dazzle Island were a collaboration between Hasbro and Little Brown and Company. She’s worked with Celestial Seasonings, Mead Johnson and Disney, and has received awards from the Society of Illustrators, multiple Awards of Excellence from Communications Arts, the Irma Simonton Black Award, and the Critici Erba Prize at the Bologna Book Fair. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the country with one- woman shows at Books of Wonder Gallery in New York and Beverly Hills, at the National Museum of American Illustration in Newport, the RISD Museum, Society of Illustrators (NY), The DeCordova Museum, and Storyopolis in LA.