Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate

Final sketches

A course by Ed Vill, Illustrator and designer

Illustrator and designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2017
98% positive reviews (257)
6,558 students
Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
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About the video: Final sketches

Overview

“Once we have the ideas grounded and organized, with our references and colors, we can have a clear idea of what our characters will be like. In this lesson we will do the clean sketches. We will take proportions, accessories and open postures to be able to intervene later. ”

In this video lesson Ed Vill addresses the topic: Final sketches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate. Learn how to create a character for brands starting from a pencil sketch right up to the digital illustration.

Partial transcription of the video

“In the last lesson. we focused on establishing the character's visual style and graphic line. We observed several layout elements in the advertising pieces we will be working on. along with a color palette that might be suitable for our project. Prior to this. my approach involved selecting the most intriguing components from similar projects. from our initial sketches. we borrowed a nose from one character. a posture from another. and a haircut. but most importantly. we focused on these elements. I focused on the clothes and body proportions. Here's what I did: this is our final character ...”

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Course summary for: Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (257)
  • 6558 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (2h 25m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Procreate
  • Areas

    Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Ed Vill

Ed Vill
A course by Ed Vill

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Illustrator and designer

Ed Vill was born in Caracas (Venezuela), although he has been living in Mexico since 2016. He considers himself a cartoon enthusiast and has turned his passion into a profession by creating custom cartoon characters.

This multidisciplinary illustrator and designer has also worked as a copywriter and photographer for print media, recorded albums, created radio and television shows, and launched his own design brand: EdVill. Currently, he illustrates children's books and teaches character creation workshops for children and adults.


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Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate. Illustration course by Ed Vill

Cartoon-Style Character Design with Procreate

A course by Ed Vill
Illustrator and designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2017
  • 98% positive reviews (257)
  • 6,558 students