Drawing Expressive Characters
Character construction
A course by Omar Lozano , Illustrator
About the video: Character construction
Overview
“It is very important to know the movements and expressions of the characters, it is of great help to review their poses and body gestures. ”
In this video lesson Omar Lozano addresses the topic: Character construction, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Expressive Characters. Capture every little detail to bring your characters to life through their facial expressions and body language.
Partial transcription of the video
“Character construction As we saw in past lessons, by this point we can have a defined character. I usually think in my head how would the character behave and what would you do in certain situations. Sometimes I even gesture to get a basic idea of how to do it. Let us remember that the gestures of the characters they vary according to their attitude. If it is a more outgoing character, their movements and poses can be more open and, when they are more introverted, we can generally resort to to make more closed poses. As examples I will put these two characters, who, despite sharing a very c...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Expressive Characters
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Manga, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Omar Lozano
A course by Omar Lozano
Mexican illustrator Omar Lozano has more than 10 years' experience working on comics, children's books, and character design. He seeks to express life and what it is to be alive in each and every one of his illustrations.
It all began with comics when he worked as a film colorist for DC, Marvel, and IDW projects, to name just a few. He worked as an artist in the remake of Ultraduck (a Mexican comic known for its '90s-style inspiration) before training as a conceptual artist for video games. He went on to illustrate children's books, some including DC characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and the Justice League crew.
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