Digital Character Painting with Procreate

Overview

“In this lesson, I will talk about how important it is to have references when starting to make our character. As well as talking a bit about a "stigma" in the creative world.”

In this video lesson Erick Hernández Anda addresses the topic: References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Character Painting with Procreate. Illustrate characters like a pro by playing with backgrounds, lighting, texture, and color.

Partial transcription of the video

“References To start this, we first need to search for references. I already have a sketch of my character. I already had envisioned what type of character it would be. It's a character inspired in Nordic mythology, from the Jötunheim, she's like their queen. Now I need to search for references about the region this character lives in, what she wears, what are the customs, I could even look for poses, etc. But in this case, I already have a sketch, let's make our mood board. We're going to learn to search for references and see where we can search. One place that's helped a lot is shotdeck.c...”

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Course summary for: Digital Character Painting with Procreate

• Level: Beginner
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• 9403 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (2h 17m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Procreate

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration