Drawing Expressive Characters
Introduction to character creation
A course by user4785999 surname4785999 , Illustrator
Joined November 2020
Capture every little detail to bring your characters to life through their facial expressions and body language
Joined November 2020
About the video: Introduction to character creation
Overview
“First I want to focus on sharing the bases to create a character. You will briefly discover the language of shapes and colors. ”
In this video lesson user4785999 surname4785999 addresses the topic: Introduction to character creation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Expressive Characters. Capture every little detail to bring your characters to life through their facial expressions and body language.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction to character creation Since you know me a little more, we will enter the world of illustration and conceptual art, and its basic rules have been the whole theory about shapes and colors. By shapes I mean the square, the circle, and the triangle. Each one has its properties that help us to demonstrate a little about the form and the physiognomy of the characters and backgrounds. Also, color helps us to contrast these shapes and wear them or exalt them to show some feeling and for that we will take as a reference the characters of "Intensamente". Here we will see a relatively lar...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Expressive Characters
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Manga, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
A course by user4785999 surname4785999
Mexican illustrator Omar Lozano has more than 10 years' experience working on comics, children's books, and character design. He seeks to express life and what it is to be alive in each and every one of his illustrations.
It all began with comics when he worked as a film colorist for DC, Marvel, and IDW projects, to name just a few. He worked as an artist in the remake of Ultraduck (a Mexican comic known for its '90s-style inspiration) before training as a conceptual artist for video games. He went on to illustrate children's books, some including DC characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Justice League crew.
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