Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters
Stroke
A course by Christian Michel , Graphic designer and illustrator
About the video: Stroke
Overview
“As a first step, we will vectorize our character in Illustrator with the method we used in the previous unit.”
In this video lesson Christian Michel addresses the topic: Stroke, 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
“By this time, you must already have your character. I invite you to get into your sketches, find your favorite, scan it, you pass it Illustrator, and start vectorizing with me. We finally reached the last unit, Where are we going to create our character? We will trace it, we will put textures and we will apply all the concepts and tools that we used previously, to have our character ready to produce, print and put in what we want. So, let's grab Doom, that we must have previously scanned. Here we have Doom. We are going to copy it. First select all, Command + A. Let's copy, Command + C, We ...”
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Course summary for: Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Christian Michel
A course by Christian Michel
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.
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