Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters

Do not erase your scratches

A course by Christian Michel , Graphic designer and illustrator

99% positive reviews (175)

2,409 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Do not erase your scratches

Overview

“This is where you have to get rid of all your gums and where I will show you the importance of keeping strokes that if you had deleted, you would end up eliminating other possible solutions.”

In this video lesson Christian Michel addresses the topic: Do not erase your scratches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters. Learn to draw fantastic characters like a professional.

Partial transcription of the video

“Now your mission and your task is important. They will go to their house and they will look in all the drawers, looking for each of these little things that they find and since they have all these. We are going to grab them and we are going to throw them away. Because they are useless. Let's start sketching and it’s important that you keep your scratches. Well, for this next part, what is very important to do It is learning to grasp the pencil in two ways. If we grab the pencil like that, we will have very thin lines. And if we grab it like this, we will have wider lines and bigger stroke. ...”

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Course summary for: Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (175)
2409 students
6 units
26 lessons (5h 24m)
10 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Christian Michel

A course by Christian Michel

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Graphic designer and illustrator

Christian Michel has always been surrounded by art and as a child he was clear about his vocation as an illustrator. He studied graphic design at the Universidad Anáhuac del Sur (Mexico), where he also had the opportunity to offer a chair. He founded the Visual Infection studio, based in Mexico City and San Antonio, specializing in packaging design, illustration and advertising, where he works for companies around the world.

He has exhibited part of his work collectively in Mexico City, Toulouse, Barcelona, Finland, Berlin and New York. Recently he has dedicated himself to share his work and experience as a lecturer in Mexico and abroad. Part of his work can be seen in specialized publications, in all kinds of products and in well-known advertising campaigns.