Digital Character Illustration: Conceptualization and Color

Digital Character Illustration: Conceptualization and Color

“Dear students, we have reached the end of the course, it has been a great adventure! I hope it was for you too. Now that the course is finished, I hope you feel more confident about your creations. Also, I wish you now are more aware of how unique everything you produce is. Thank you for taking this journey with me! I hope that now you start your adventure, creating your final project. I believe in valuing not only the result but also the path. Sharing our process makes us grow and learn for it. I will share mine, and I hope that you share yours with me. Let your ideas flow! Everything is born from here. Allow yourself to explore everything that inspires you and makes you feel. Rest assured that there is no rush: the goal is to find an idea that you are passionate about. Once you have an idea of what you like and want to achieve, then it is time to define who your character is. This point will be very important and interesting. It defines his origin, his personality, where he is from, what world he lives in and what he wants.

Concept board Create a concept board that will serve as inspiration and guide to finish creating your character. Here you can put all those ideas that at the beginning of the process were a little "vague". Let your character come to life Now yes, it is time to work everything about your character. Sketch it, define its outfit, its position, and everything else. To add more personality, I recommend that you work on some expressions. Give your character a chance to come to life. Make your expression of joy, anger, sorrow, curiosity ... In short, the possibilities are endless. You could even make an expression that denotes that you are in love. The scene The surroundings are also very important, as they will help you make more sense of it. For this part, you can learn a lot from your concept board. The Color Create one or more color palettes, allow yourself to test some of them, and choose the one you like the most. Start by placing it only on the character, so you can see the difference between one palette and another. The illustration Once you have your character and your scene ready, clean up your sketch. That is, you will not color it yet. Dedicate yourself to polishing it and getting all the lines in order. If you are already satisfied, then now is the time to start applying the color. You can do it in layers as I taught you or in any other way that it is most comfortable for you. Take into account issues such as light and shadow so that your composition is coherent. Add the final finishing touches, and you will be done. Before saying goodbye, I would like to remind you that it is important that you keep a guide to your character so that you can continue to recreate it in the future. Throughout the course, I shared my process with you, but keep in mind that each one is different, unique, and special. I will be looking forward to seeing the wonders you will create with the help of this course. If you have any questions along the way, do not hesitate to use the forum, I will answer you as quickly as possible. Don't forget to upload your final project! I ask you to share the entire process that you have taken to create your illustration, this is not only to value the effort, dedication, and effort that you put into its realization, it is also a way to give love and respect to your work. Let the world know, value, and love everything you create! See you soon. ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project We reached the end of the course and I want to recap of the steps to follow to achieve your final project. The objective was that you learn to conceptualize, compose and work more safely the color. That is why the final project work consisted of creating a character from scratch. The first thing we saw was how to organize the workspace in Procreate and the brushes that we use for the development of the course. Then we started the conceptualization of the character, who is he, what is his personality, what world you live in and what you want to achieve. Having this information ...”

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Course summary for: Digital Character Illustration: Conceptualization and Color

• Level: Beginner
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• 1136 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (2h 5m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  3D Character Design, Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration