Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
The Characters: the Human Figure 2
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: The Characters: the Human Figure 2
Overview
“During this second part of the lesson, I'll show you how to make gesture drawings. Gestural drawing will be of great help to you in adding movement to your characters.”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: The Characters: the Human Figure 2, 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 Now that we’ve seen the anatomical structure, I want to talk about another very important topic and something you should keep in mind when studying the human figure, which is gesture drawing. Gesture drawing, contrary to studying anatomical structure, which we did with geometric figures, refers to exercises that we will do to try to replicate a character's movement or from a reference figure. Contrary to what we saw before, we will use curves instead of geometric figures. This type of exercise should not take more than a few minutes a day, but I advise you to do ...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
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Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
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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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