Character-Driven Illustration: Drawing from Imagination
Loose Sketch
A course by Marcos Chin , Illustrator
About the video: Loose Sketch
Overview
“In this lesson, using the combination of words you have selected from the provided list, you will create a loose sketch of your character using gestures and then refine them using the box-form method. You will also learn how using photo references can help enhance the poses of the characters you will draw. ”
In this video lesson Marcos Chin addresses the topic: Loose Sketch , which is part of the Domestika online course: Character-Driven Illustration: Drawing from Imagination. Learn how to transform simple shapes into engaging narrative illustrations featuring characters full of color and personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Loose Sketch In this lesson, we'll get started on the assignment. I've uploaded onto the course’s website a list of words that I've divided into four categories: character, action, adjective, and object. The course is about creating character-driven illustrations, meaning I don't want you to draw characters who are doing nothing, I want you to give them some purpose or intention. These particular categories of words will help you start an illustration instead of starting from a blank sheet of paper. Under the list of characters, it's basically the pronoun or who you're drawing. I tried to...”
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Course summary for: Character-Driven Illustration: Drawing from Imagination
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Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Traditional illustration
Marcos Chin
A course by Marcos Chin
Marcos Chin is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared on surface and wall designs, on book and CD covers, advertisements, fashion catalogs, and magazines. He has worked with companies such as MTA Arts for Transit, Neiman Marcus, Fiat, Budweiser, Time, Rolling Stone Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times.
Marcos has given lectures and workshops throughout the US and abroad. He currently lives in New York, where he teaches Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.
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