Fantasy Character Design in Procreate

Overview

“One subtle element that can help bring a design to life is ambient occlusion. This lesson will demonstrate how I use the deepest darks of shadow to create a dimensional feel in the finished piece. ”

In this video lesson Nicholas Kole (nkole) addresses the topic: Ambient Occlusion, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantasy Character Design in Procreate. Explore the depths of your imagination to develop original character designs using Procreate, from the initial concept to the final artwork.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Ambient Occlusion Now that we have those hard and soft shadows figured out, there's a second layer of shadow I like to add that brings out the full volume of the design. It's called ambient occlusion. For the most part, that's something you hear about a lot in 3D rendering, but it's something we can use here, maybe not in the most technical sense, but to bring out the depth and volume and fill in all the gaps that some of the line art left behind. We'll use ambient occlusion to bring that volume up and head soon to finish this up. Here we go. I've taken time to fill in all the shadows, th...”

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Course summary for: Fantasy Character Design in Procreate

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (231)
• 20504 students
• 4 units
• 21 lessons (5h 5m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration