Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop
Sketch of a Character for the Portrait
A course by Martina Hoffmann , Freelance Illustrator, Art Director, and Producer
Joined May 2021
About the video: Sketch of a Character for the Portrait
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how to lay out the preliminary drawing for your portrait. ”
In this video lesson Martina Hoffmann addresses the topic: Sketch of a Character for the Portrait, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop. Discover how to draw creative characters and bring portraits to life with animated elements.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketch of a character for the portrait Lastly, you learned the basics of portrait drawing and practiced how to carve out different characters. In this lesson you will now develop the character for your final project. I usually make my preliminary drawing directly digital and now I'll show you how I do it. I opened my project file, in which I have already created the color palette. I don't need them now, so I can hide them. I create a new layer and call it preliminary drawing, so that I have a good orientation in my project. Now I select the brush tool via the shortcut B and select a brush t...”
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Course summary for: Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Martina Hoffmann
A course by Martina Hoffmann
Martina Hoffmann is a Berlin-based freelance illustrator, art director, and producer of animated advertisements and short films with more than 15 years of experience. She is passionate about art in all its forms, which is reflected by the broad range of illustration styles, artistic approaches, and mediums she uses to create her projects, each with their own visual language.
She has collaborated with advertising agencies, children's publishers, and organizations in the scientific, educational, and social fields. Her animated productions are fully independent, meaning she designs and animates each piece from start to finish. Since 2005, she has been promoting her illustrations as self-published postcards, prints, and calendars through the organization Stift & Papier.
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