Digital Painting: The Sketching Approach

The Basics of Sketching: Capturing the Essence of the Human Figure 2

A course by Julien Schleiffer , Graphic Illustrator, Animator, and Concept Artist

95% positive reviews (37)

724 students

Audio: French

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About the video: The Basics of Sketching: Capturing the Essence of the Human Figure 2

Overview

“I will show you another way to sketch to capture the essence of the human figure in a very easy way.”

In this video lesson Julien Schleiffer addresses the topic: The Basics of Sketching: Capturing the Essence of the Human Figure 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting: The Sketching Approach. Learn how to unleash your creativity through the practice of sketching and create beautifully illustrated stories with Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“The basic principles of sketching: capturing the essence of the human figure. Julien schleiffer I will discuss a new method. I will choose an image and I'm going to work it with a selection tool, the lasso. I showed you how to use the lasso and go from the curved line to the straight line. I will do as for the previous sketch but without a stopwatch. I selected an image of a man. To approach this sketch, it is necessary to define the way to read and measure the position of this body. It's about finding landmarks like the verticality of the legs, the pelvis tilted back to give balance and av...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting: The Sketching Approach

Level: Beginner
95% positive reviews (37)
724 students
5 units
22 lessons (5h 27m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Julien Schleiffer

A course by Julien Schleiffer

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Graphic Illustrator, Animator, and Concept Artist

From a young age, Julien has enjoyed observing people and their interaction with the urban landscape and embodying all this in his drawings. He taught himself illustration and digital painting after studying Applied Arts at the Institut Supérieur des Arts Appliqués, and later, a Master's.

As his work began gaining popularity online, he started to collaborate with clients such as Stella Artois, the SNCF, and Linkoffice. He has also worked alongside Quentin Bailleux on a film that pays tribute to a famous video game. Passionate about the digital world, Julien loves the imperfections in his drawings and recreating them using his graphics tablet.