Design and Illustration of Incredible Characters
Turnaround
A course by Christian Michel , Graphic designer and illustrator
Learn to draw fantastic characters like a professional
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 99% positive reviews (172)
- 2324 students
About the video: Turnaround
Overview
“Now I will show you some tricks to create the main views that are needed to give life to a character. We will draw the front view, left side, right and back; we will also draw some characteristics that define part of the personality of our creation. Finally we will make a review of the sketches and decision making on what will be the best option to move to the machine. This can be done using a scanner, camera or even the cell phone.”
In this video lesson Christian Michel addresses the topic: Turnaround, 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
“After having our character at sketch level already finished, we are ready to pass to the next stage of the process that is to create our Turnaround. What is a Turnaround? It is a character structure that will help animators so much like toy creators and other people, Let's see how your character is by 360 degrees. This does not mean that you will create view of each of those positions. With four positions it is enough to understand how your character is. The first and most advisable is to have a light box, but if you don't have it right you can use the window of your house backlit and you w...”
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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
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.
- 99% positive reviews (172)
- 2324 students
- 26 lessons (5h 24m)
- 16 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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