Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
Character and Expressions
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Character and Expressions
Overview
“A character not only expresses how he feels through his facial expressions, but he can also do so with his body. To bring the characters to life, you need to practice, study and observe the expressions. In this lesson, I will teach you how to do it. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: Character and Expressions, 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
“The Character and Expressions In this lesson I want to talk about expression in manga. When I say expression I mean the emotions that your character may be expressing. It is important that we understand the human figure because characters not only express emotions and expressions with their faces, but also with their body. In this lesson we will focus primarily on the expressions that characters make with their faces. We can do exercises like the ones we saw in the last lesson, but focusing only on the face. You can start with a base of your character. You’ll notice that these exercises are...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
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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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- Level: Intermediate
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