Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
The Characters: the Human Figure 1
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: The Characters: the Human Figure 1
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll see the foundation you'll need to draw a manga-style character. I will also give you some tips on how to enhance its expressiveness.”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: The Characters: the Human Figure 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters. Learn how to use digital tools to bring your own detailed and expressive manga heroes to life.
Partial transcription of the video
“Characters: The Human Figure In this lesson we'll look at the human figure and characters in manga. First of all, you have to know that the anime style is based on a realistic human body. Although you can find many styles in the range of different anime-style artists, most had to learn the realistic human figure to warp and translate into their own original styles. I have a book here that will help me better explain what I'm talking about, but first I'll tell you a little about what we’ll be doing in this course. In this course, we’ll create an anime-style character that is telling a story....”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
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Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Digital Illustration, Manga, Traditional illustration
Catalina Carlesi
A course by Catalina Carlesi
Catalina Carlesi, better known as Alpaca, is a Chilean cartoonist and digital illustrator specializing in manga characters. She began her career as a graphic designer, but soon decided to pursue her dream and devote herself full time to illustration.
She's always been a huge fan of manga, anime, and video games, especially JRPGs, as well as Japanese culture in general, which have heavily influenced the style and content of her drawings. She loves creating original characters and weaving their stories into her illustrations through the use of light and shadows, colors, and expressive details.
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