Powerful Female Characters: Illustrating Confidence and Diversity
A course by Eunice AdeyiDigital Illustrator
A course by Eunice Adeyi, Digital Illustrator
Learn to create strong and expressive female characters by exploring anatomy, color theory, and proportions in Procreate
Let your imagination run wild and create dream-like female portraits using digital illustration tools. Illustrator Eunice Adeyi specializes in painting powerful female characters that are designed to evoke confidence. She showcases her work via her online shop and on social media and has collaborated with brands including Refinery29 and Pipsticks.
In this course, Eunice teaches you how to represent diversity in beauty through character portraits. Learn how to celebrate the unity between human beings and nature to create original female characters with unique personalities.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 11 downloads
Creating an Original Character
16 minutes, 45 seconds
Searching for Inspiration
15 minutes, 54 seconds
Creating a Mood Board and Colour Scheme
7 minutes, 10 seconds
Composition
15 minutes, 32 seconds
Sketching Ideas and Refining
14 minutes, 50 seconds
Basic Fundamentals and Laying Down Colour
18 minutes, 13 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start by getting to know Eunice. Find out about her journey to becoming a self-taught professional artist and take a look at some of the commissions she’s worked on before discussing what to expect from the course.
Eunice shares the process she goes through before beginning each of her projects, from finding inspiration to creating a mood board. Explore different ways to design characters and the key elements needed to make them look strong. Discover how Eunice uses social media as well as her daily life to inspire her projects. Then, learn how to develop a theme and decide on a color scheme for your illustration. Understand what composition brings to an illustration and how it can be used to tell a story in your portrait.
Now it’s time to start illustrating. Eunice guides you step by step through her illustration process, starting with the sketching stage, then demonstrates how to translate your sketches onto Procreate to refine them. Discover her tips for nailing proportion and look at the different brushes she uses and why. Use your knowledge from the course so far to illustrate shadows, highlights, and hair. Add the finishing touches to your character for a professional-looking portrait.
Finally, Eunice shares her expert tips and insights on using social media to promote yourself and your work. Hear how she uses Instagram specifically to attract commissions and sell her art, then listen to her advice on growing an audience online.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Create a portrait of a powerful female character using digital illustration tools. Eunice uses Procreate but you can choose whichever drawing software you prefer.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in learning professional techniques for illustrating portraits in Procreate.
Requirements and materials
Basic drawing skills will be helpful.
You will need a drawing tablet with a drawing program installed.
Reviews
- 3 months ago
Muito interessante aprender todo o percurso de cada artista! Algumas coisas são padrões, mas há muitas outras que aprendemos algo novo e que pode nos ajudar. Portanto é valioso!
- 1 year ago
Es realmente increíble
- 1 year ago
I really enjoyed this course, all the given resources were helpful in completing the course and I'm super satisfied with the way how it's structured.
- 2 years ago
Consiglio il corso, davvero ben fatto, sebbene da principiante assoluta ho trovato alcuni step un po’ frettolosi.
- 2 years ago
its good .
Eunice specializes in painting strong female characters which are designed to evoke confidence in women and has collaborated with brands including Pipsticks, Refinery29, and Fairyloot.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Preparation
- Creating an Original Character
- Searching for Inspiration
- Creating a Mood Board and Colour Scheme
- Composition
- U3
Production in Procreate
- Sketching Ideas and Refining
- Basic Fundamentals and Laying Down Colour
- Rendering Hair and Skin 1
- Rendering Hair and Skin 2
- Rendering Hair and Skin 3
- Rendering Hair and Skin 4
- Butterflies and Background 1
- Butterflies and Background 2
- Final Details
- U4
Post-Production
- Using Social Media
- Getting Work
- FP
Final project
- X Women portraits with Procreate
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FAQs
Yes, this course is designed for intermediate digital artists looking to enhance their portrait painting, character design, and expressive illustration techniques using Procreate on iPad.
You’ll need an iPad with Procreate installed, an Apple Pencil or compatible stylus, and access to Pinterest or Instagram for gathering references. No additional physical art supplies are required.
You’ll learn to create original characters, paint expressive digital portraits, organize mood boards, apply soft shading, use digital painting tools, and develop a personal, feminine illustration style while optimizing your art workflow.
Yes, the course teaches strategies for searching and organizing references on Pinterest and Instagram, as well as tips for growing your art following and promoting your work on social media.
You’ll learn step-by-step how to import reference images, organize them on a canvas, and extract cohesive color palettes from photos directly within Procreate to inform your illustration workflow.
Yes, the course explores blending anime and realistic styles for character design, focusing on expressive faces, dynamic flow, and unique character features.
Absolutely. The course covers digital painting techniques for skin tones, hair, and facial features using Procreate’s brushes, blending modes, and layer tools for realistic and stylized results.