Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop
Sketching the Human Figure and Composition 1
A course by Fernanda Suarez , Digital Illustrator and Character Designer
About the video: Sketching the Human Figure and Composition 1
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
“In this lesson I will show you how to draw the human figure for your piece. Details, accessories and composition. Okay, here I open Photoshop. which is where we're going to be working our character. This is gonna be my canvas. The size for my canvas is 3529 pixels by four seven zero zero a 300 resolution DPI. And yeah, eventually once the image is completed, I might rescale it. to 5k but for now I'm going to be working with or seven hundred. Okay. And this is how I start my file. Firstly, I don't like to work directly on straight white. It's a bit too harsh. So I'm just gonna lower slightly...”
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Course summary for: Digital Painting of Characters in Photoshop
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting
Fernanda Suarez
A course by Fernanda Suarez
Fernanda Suarez is an Illustrator and character designer from Santiago, Chile. After studying visual arts at the University of Chile, she discovered her passion for digital art. After graduating, she started working freelance, with her very first client being Paizo Pathfinder. She has since built a large following online, with over 257K followers on Instagram.
She currently works as a freelance illustrator, and has worked on various projects for a wide range of clients, from board games with Plaid Hat Games, like Dead of Winter or Ashes, to book covers and commissions with Bloomsbury Publishing and Simon & Schuster Inc. Her biggest passion is painting characters that tell a story, and she loves portraying fantasy, dark, emotional themes in her work.
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