Kawaii Illustration: Create Charming Characters

Kawaii Illustration: Create Charming Characters

“We have arrived at the end of my Domestika course! Thank you so much for your participation and attention - I hope you had as much fun as I had! In order to create your kawaii character and sticker sheet for your final project, let me once again lead you through the process step by step. After having gathered inspiration from your favourite kawaii illustrators and other sources on the internet, start by exercising your kawaii illustration muscles. This is by far the best way to learn what makes a kawaii character so irresistibly cute!

Then it's time to brainstorm the look, personality and backstory of your character. Don't forget to give them some friends and items to match their little world! After having drawn some sketches of your character in different poses, it's time to digitise the best ones in Procreate on the iPad. Now, you will choose your color palette and begin colouring in your final sketches. In the next step you will arrange your illustrations in Photoshop to fit on the final sticker sheet. With all the character and illustration work done, it is time to print out the sticker sheet and cut it with a sticker cutting machine. While you work on your final project, don't be afraid to search for your very own style and create something truly unique! I can't wait to see what different kawaii characters you came up with and hope to see them all in the forum! Please feel free to share your experiences and comment on other projects there as well. I will also be there to give feedback and advice if needed. I would kindly ask you to be a bit patient if I don't answer immediately - I promise that I'll come back to you as soon as I can. Of course, once you've finished your final project, please also feel free to share your result on Instagram using the hashtag #IlariaRanauroDomestika! This way, I will be able to see what you came up with. Again, thank you for taking part in our kawaii journey, and see you in the forum!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project This is the end of this Domestika course. Thanks for joining in the colorful world of kawaii illustration style together. I hope you enjoyed developing kawaii characters as much as I did. In this video, I will go through the steps that we took to create our characters from the idea to the final project, the sticker sheet with Brad the Sloth. First, I introduced the concept and history of kawaii and helped you develop your own kawaii illustration style. I showed the materials I use to illustrate kawaii characters. We did drawing exercises to get the proportion and expressions o...”

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Course summary for: Kawaii Illustration: Create Charming Characters

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (843)
• 25770 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 49m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  Character Design, Manga, Traditional illustration