Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters

Expressions

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: Expressions

Overview

“A fundamental part of the character's success is his ability to express happiness, anger, anger, love, sadness, pain, fear or surprise. In this lesson we learn to define expressions and get the most out of them, taking some to the extreme.”

In this video lesson Christian Michel addresses the topic: Expressions, 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

“Let's start with the most important part, What are the expressions? And the main thing is the eyes. The eyes is through which A character can generate any type of expression. It may not have a nose, it may not have a mouth, but the eyes are the most basic, Any character will have eyes. And we will teach through a brief exercise with points and lines how to put eyes. The most basic form is simply points. And these simple points can be eyes. If we put some lines, the eyes are closed. If we put these same points and these lines, The eyes are angry. How nothing more with putting the lines We ar...”

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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.