Female Character Design for Comics
Lines
A course by Marcio Takara , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Lines
Overview
“In this lesson I will show how I use brushes for inking. Also explaining how to handle them and what you should have in mind while placing different lines on the paper. ”
In this video lesson Marcio Takara addresses the topic: Lines, which is part of the Domestika online course: Female Character Design for Comics. Learn the traditional techniques to draw a female figure with volume, movement, balance, and expression from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lines So let's do some ink lines now. This is the material that I'm going to use. We have the pencil again, a few brushes and this pen here. I'm also gonna use ink. There's this bottle with a little bit of water, eraser and paper towel. Let me erase the pencil lines first. I'm gonna leave the water far from me because I'm just gonna use this to clean the brush and I don't wanna spill everything. Let me start with this guy here. This is the 00 brush. I just dip a little bit. You have to put your hand on the table. This is gonna be the base of your hand, the movement that you do. Try to place...”
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Course summary for: Female Character Design for Comics
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing

Marcio Takara
A course by Marcio Takara
Marcio Takara is a comic book artist who has lived in Toronto and Rio de Janeiro over the years and has worked on comics for Marvel and DC, mostly. He used to be a graphic designer but made the switch to working with comics in 2006.
He has done work for videogames, ad agencies, and toy companies but spends most of his time working with comics for Marvel and DC, doing the covers and interior art for the books. Some of his most recent works include Detective Comics, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, and Hellblazer for DC Comics; and Captain Marvel, All-New Wolverine, Jessica Jones, and Wolverine for Marvel Comics.
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