Drawing Expressive Characters
Apply volumes
A course by Omar Lozano , Illustrator
About the video: Apply volumes
Overview
“Since you have the base color, you will begin to add volumes to the colors. ”
In this video lesson Omar Lozano addresses the topic: Apply volumes, 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
“Apply volumes Once you have the base colors already applied, we can add more volumes, either with shades a little darker than those we already use or the same shades but with more pigment. Or, failing that, we can use other shades from another range. If your base color is a warm shade, you can use shades from the other range as cool shades, to complement them and with that go making the volumes. So I'll start by putting some volumes in the short. For that I will use the same tone that I already had on, but, since it's dry, what I will do will take an extra tone for me. If you make a mistake...”
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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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