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Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality

Drawing the Body 2

A course by Magdalina Dianova , Character Designer

Character Designer. Sofía, Bulgaria.
Joined June 2021
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About the video: Drawing the Body 2

Overview

“For more variety, I'll make more character sketches with different shapes and body proportions. You'll see how you can experiment with different ideas within the same description. ”

In this video lesson Magdalina Dianova addresses the topic: Drawing the Body 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality. Discover dynamic character design by learning to tell a story through expressions, poses, clothing, and more.

Partial transcription of the video

“So first we're going to make a few exploration sketches and then we're going to pick one to bring to a finish in the end. So for this character, I am trying to keep my shapes a little bit elongated, and this is going to be the thing that is distinguishable about this design. So I'm keeping the legs long. Also the arms and the torso. And I'm going to elongate the head as well, but later. And in order to make the body shape a little bit more interesting, I am keeping the shape of the legs a little bit like thicker at the top part. And then the bottom part is really thin where the calf muscles...”

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Course summary for: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (666)
  • 45119 students
  • 4 units
  • 18 lessons (3h 48m)
  • 5 downloads
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    Illustration
  • Areas

    Artistic Drawing, Character Design, Drawing, Narrative, Sketching, Storyboard, Storytelling

Magdalina Dianova

Magdalina Dianova
A course by Magdalina Dianova

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Character Designer

Magdalina Dianova is a self-taught freelance character designer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. From the moment she began drawing regularly, she posted her work, largely portraits, online for feedback. Initially this helped her improve and later became the way she attracted work. Clients regularly contacted her for commissions and she collaborated with various publishers. Later, she worked as an assistant character designer at an animation studio.

Since then Magdalina has continued to work in the animation industry as well as making her own online tutorials about drawing and character design. She has worked for clients including DreamWorks TV, Spin Master, and 3dtotal, and on projects such as the character design book Heroines, and the short film Goodbye Mr.Octopus, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival.


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Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality. Illustration course by Magdalina Dianova Best seller

Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality

A course by Magdalina Dianova
Character Designer. Sofía, Bulgaria.
Joined June 2021
  • 97% positive reviews (666)
  • 45,119 students