Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop

Overview

“Once you have your reference images, it's time to progress to the next step: the sketch! In this lesson, I will demonstrate the sketching process that I follow to create my character concept. To begin, I will set up my canvas in Photoshop by adjusting the color from white, inserting my signature, imposing some compositional guidelines (the rule of thirds), and gathering my references. Then, I will start sketching with the basic hard-edge brush. ”

In this video lesson Fernanda Suarez addresses the topic: Sketching the Human Figure and Composition 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop. Learn digital painting techniques to create detailed character portraits by exploring brushes, colors, values, and designs.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Sketching the Human Figure and Composition In this lesson, I'll show you how to draw the human figure for your piece. We'll see the details, accessories, and composition. Here I opened Photoshop, which is where we will be working on our character. This will be my canvas. The size of my canvas is 3529 X 4700 pixels. A resolution of 300 DPI. Eventually, once the image is completed, I might rescale it to 5000, but for now, I will be working with 4700. This is how I start my file. Firstly, I don't like to work directly on straight white because it's a bit too harsh. I will slightly lower this...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (140)
• 4831 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (4h 48m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting