Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
Designing Hair and Clothes 2
A course by Magdalina Dianova , Character Designer
Joined June 2021
About the video: Designing Hair and Clothes 2
Overview
“Let's paint more outfits and hairstyles! I'll show you all the different designs I've created, always keeping in mind the personality and story of the character.”
In this video lesson Magdalina Dianova addresses the topic: Designing Hair and Clothes 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 for this color scheme, I decided to go with something a little bit cooler. So I'm painting the overalls in this blue color. And I'm using a desaturated darker version of it to paint the stains on it. And for the rest, i'm going for warmer colors. including the little piece of clothing in her pocket and I also painted some stains on that as well. And I have a little yellow accent on the overalls because blue and yellow are kind of opposite on the color wheel so they go really well together. And the other pop of color that I have is the orange in Hursh Hawks. And I'm keeping the shoes quit...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
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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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