Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture Faces and Figures
Quick notes: how to do them and what they are for
A course by Laura Pérez , Comic Artist
About the video: Quick notes: how to do them and what they are for
Overview
“In this lesson we will take quick notes. We will use different materials that will give our drawings expressiveness.”
In this video lesson Laura Pérez addresses the topic: Quick notes: how to do them and what they are for, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture Faces and Figures. Capture the personality of a character through facial expressions and gestures by learning how to draw them from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Quick Notes: How to Take Them and What They're For In this lesson, I'm going to teach you how to take quick notes. Quick notes are a part of everyday life in the work of a drawing artist, or at least mine and others I know that work with drawing. They are notes that arrive in the moment. When you're at home using your imagination, you want to think of a character, you develop it, but quick notes usually come spontaneously. You're carrying your notebook, you’re outside and see something that interests you. You can take a quick note of what you see. You can also make quick notes from your ima...”
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Course summary for: Character Drawing from Scratch: Capture Faces and Figures
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Laura Pérez
A course by Laura Pérez
Laura Pérez has devoted her career to illustration and comics. She is an expert in capturing the essence of people in her artwork and is constantly exploring different forms of drawing and expression.
Her career in publishing began a decade ago, working at a Canadian illustration agency for clients like National Geographic, Penguin, The Wall Street Journal, and more. She later entered a Spanish agency and has now been designing comics for over four years. She has created projects for publishers Salamandra Graphic and Astiberri, and has illustrated picture books available in France, the United States, Russia, Italy, and Spain.
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