Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop
The Hair
A course by Martina Hoffmann , Freelance Illustrator, Art Director, and Producer
Joined May 2021
Joined May 2021
About the video: The Hair
Overview
“Now the character gets a hairstyle! Hair is often very determinative of a person's appearance. Look back at your reference material and observe where, for example, the hairline begins and how the hair falls. ”
In this video lesson Martina Hoffmann addresses the topic: The Hair, 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
“The hair In this lesson we will draw our character's hair. Check out the reference material again and look for example where the hairline is and how the hair falls. I do the same for the hair as I do for the skin. That means that I put on a basic color first, a layer with a base color for the hair. Then I work with clipping masks again and gradually work the shadows, the highlights and the textures. For this I create a new layer, call the layer hair, choose a color from my color palette and first draw the outlines in rough strokes. I need to zoom in a little closer. Now I have to get a good...”
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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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