Drawing Expressive Characters

Advanced expressiveness for characters

“We have reached the end of the course, I thank you for having accompanied me lesson by lesson and I hope it will be useful to you. Before saying goodbye, I would like to give you some final advice for your final project. Always remember to keep in mind the theory about shapes and colors, clear silhouettes and lines of action, avoid tangents. All this so that your illustration has a better reading and composition. There are a lot of emotions and expressions that you can convey through your illustrations. Do not stay only with what I developed, consider different situations. Take advantage of your own stories, think about the situations in which you would put your characters either on a comic page or on a cover, there is no limit to what you can create!

I will do my best to review all the jobs and give you feedback within my possibilities outside of my work occupations, I just ask you to have a little patience. Remember that although it may take me a while to see the work, there are always people in the Domestika community who will be there for you to give them your opinions and they will give you theirs. The point is to grow together as a community and improve. See you soon! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project We have already reached the end of the course. Now I will give you some tips so that you can successfully complete your final project. First study the facial and body gestures of the character. Use resources such as a mirror or a photo to serve as a reference. Then remember to do some sketches, as we can always be impressed on explorations that come out of improvisation. Remember to take emotion into account that you want to convey with your characters. Once you have your sketch done, remember the tips that I shared with you. Review the line of action, a clear silhouette and a...”

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Course summary for: Drawing Expressive Characters

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (93)
• 3620 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 25m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Manga, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting