Character Digital Painting: Creating Magical Scenes

Light and Color for character illustrations

“Welcome to the "Final Project" section and thank you so much for taking this course with me. It has been an amazing experience for me to share with you some of my techniques and ideas. I am now going to show you how to share each step of your final project with the whole community. 1. Think of what you want to draw and create, play with keywords. Share those you chose for this project. If you use a reference image, share it too!

2. Draw a few rough sketches/thumbnails of your idea. 3. Now, choose the best representation of your idea. Enlarge it in Photoshop, and then start refining the sketch in black and white, without going into details. 4. When you have the basic structure of your illustration, start adding some details, and quickly add color to your painting, using the adjustment layers and brush blending options in Photoshop. 5. Continue refining details, shapes, and colors, add interesting details and some kind of movement to the drawing. 6. When you feel ready, export it in an appropriate format, according to platforms (social media, portfolio platforms, etc.), and show us the final result! And you are done! Please, take the time to share your advice and thoughts on other people's work. Sharing and communicating our work with others always helps us to progress faster. I’ll be sure to let you know my thoughts on the forum when I can, though please remember that I’m often busy with all my ongoing projects. Also, if you feel like doing it, you can use the hashtag #GeorgiGeorgievDomestika on Instagram to share your artwork with the whole world. Thank you so much for taking the time to come on this course with me and never stop experimenting!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Project Congratulations! You have finished this course. I hope you enjoyed creating characters with digital art. Now, I want to review with you some key points of the process. In the beginning, let loose, relax, and don't think too much. Let the ideas flow out of your mind. Don't fall in love with your work in progress project. Don't be afraid to change anything at any point or any time. Don't forget this is digital art, use the full potential of Photoshop or any medium that you like to work with. You can explore any tool or any effect to achieve the best possible final result. Please...”

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Course summary for: Character Digital Painting: Creating Magical Scenes

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (125)
• 3539 students
• 4 units
• 22 lessons (5h 9m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration