Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
Drawing the Head 2
A course by Magdalina Dianova , Character Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Drawing the Head 2
Overview
“Here you'll see all my finished sketches: I've drawn different shapes and lines to create more dynamic looks and add dimension to the characters. ”
In this video lesson Magdalina Dianova addresses the topic: Drawing the Head 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
“ Drawing the Head When I'm drawing the head, occasionally, I'll zoom out to see if it matches the body. In this case, I see it's a bit too small, so I'll select it using the Selection tool. With the Feather option, I'll fade out the selection a bit, so that it's smoother. I'm using the Uniform option here to make sure the head doesn't get squished. I enlarge it, I think this looks good now. Initially in the rough sketch, I had a hat on but I like the idea of a beanie for this drawing. I want to see what it will look like on this character so I'll mix and match between the two. While drawin...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Character Design, Drawing, Narrative, Sketching, Storyboard, Storytelling
Magdalina Dianova
A course by Magdalina Dianova
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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