Drawing Expressive Characters
Cleaning and finalizing the drawing
A course by Omar Lozano , Illustrator
About the video: Cleaning and finalizing the drawing
Overview
“Once with the defined sketch there are always small details that you can add before starting the color. Here I will share with you what kind of details I usually add in this phase. ”
In this video lesson Omar Lozano addresses the topic: Cleaning and finalizing the drawing, 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
“Cleaning and finalizing the drawing Once we have the finished sketch, we have all this amalgam of lines that are within the entire character. Now we will clean the drawing. There are many ways to do this. One can be to have a light box and put the sketch with a leaf on it and draw it already in clean. Personally I prefer to erase the excesses and eventually make it super clean and then go on to paint and finish it. To start making these smudges on the character, try to start with the bigger parts and then they focus on the smallest parts. That to be able to save all those details so as not ...”
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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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