Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters
Color the Character
A course by Andrés Moncayo , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Color the Character
Overview
“Applying what I learned in the previous lesson, I will teach you how to add color to the character.”
In this video lesson Andrés Moncayo addresses the topic: Color the Character, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters. Design characters full of movement and color from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we are going to color the character with flat colors. The first thing that I am going to explain is the brush that I use to make these color blocks. I use this brush called Studio Pen, which can be found here on Inking. I really like this brush for this because it is a brush that is totally solid, In other words, it doesn't have any kind of texture and it works very well to make color blocks. Because if they can realize, if i use the brush i was using previously, this brush has a lot of texture and these little patches are left with no color, that later I would touch how to a...”
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Course summary for: Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Andrés Moncayo
A course by Andrés Moncayo
Andrés Moncayo was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. He worked for several years in advertising agencies such as Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson and has been an illustrator and art director for his entire career. He has won several national and international advertising and illustration awards. Currently, he works as an Art Director and illustrator in New York.
He has developed a style of blocks and straight lines combined with a colored pencil texture that has evolved over the years. Specializing in character design, his illustrations focus on pop culture and subjects he enjoys such as video games, comics, and anime.
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