Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
Empower Illustration
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Empower Illustration
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you what things you can take into consideration to enhance your drawing ideas. I will also tell you about drawing challenges that help you imagine situations for your characters. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: Empower Illustration, 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
“Maximizing the Illustration In this lesson I'll show you different ways to make the most the ideas you have, focusing primarily on other ways you can show your character in different situations. I want to start by showing you a challenge that I feel can help you promote ideas of characters that tell a story. In this case, I'll show you how a social media challenge called Inktober can help you imagine situations where you can place your characters. I started participating in this challenge a long time ago. These drawings are from 2016, however, they helped me a lot when thinking of ideas whe...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters
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Category
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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