Dynamic Character Illustration
Drawing Techniques (part 3): Drawing from Reference 4
A course by Thomas Rohlfs , Illustrator
About the video: Drawing Techniques (part 3): Drawing from Reference 4
Overview
“This is the last installment of the four-part lesson on reference drawing.”
In this video lesson Thomas Rohlfs addresses the topic: Drawing Techniques (part 3): Drawing from Reference 4, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dynamic Character Illustration. Learn professional drawing and coloring techniques for creating animated characters full of movement.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that we have our shape about right, I can start looking at the details again. I'm just gonna once again group. the layers I used for the snake figure. Call the groups that take bigger. and lower the opacity. There's a couple things I can immediately see already. That is one is that I drew the head too small. And maybe the shoulder is a little bit too wide. But we can still fix that. So that's not a problem at all. So I'm going to zoom in again and we can focus on some details. And now this time when I'm going to try and add more details, I'm going to draw the close in immediately. So I ...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Character Illustration
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Creativity, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Manga, Traditional illustration
Thomas Rohlfs
A course by Thomas Rohlfs
Inspired by street fashion, comics, old school tattoos, and his trips to the Far East, Thomas Rohlf’s work consists of confident lines, minimal color palettes, and dynamic characters. During his career as an illustrator, the Amsterdam-based creator has collaborated with a wide range of brands and studios, including AKQA, Wired, Ueno, New Scientist, and Mathematic.
In conjunction with his illustration work, Thomas also runs a small print shop from his Amsterdam studio where he creates beautiful giclée fine art prints.
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