Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
Proportions of the idealized human figure
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Proportions of the idealized human figure
Overview
“Here we will see in detail how an idealized human being with eight heads is constructed.”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Proportions of the idealized human figure, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero. Learn to draw the skeleton, muscles, and poses to convey the true power of your characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I will show you The proportions of an ideal human figure, idealized, of eight heads. how they relate the different proportions between themselves and how we are going to use the unit, which we are going to take the head as a unit, within the body and the different parts of the body. This is going to help us a lot to know if We had long arms, short legs. It's a mistake that is very easily made at the beginning of one's career. So let's... The first thing we draw is a head we take it as a unit of measurement Here we are going to optimize the rule a little bit. and we are going ...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
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Character Design, Comic, Figure Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ariel Olivetti
A course by Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and studied graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires. His passion for drawing the human figure and creating characters led him to creating cover illustrations for the comic magazine FIERRO in the ‘90s. He is also a co-creator of the comic El Cazador. He has been working in the comic industry for over twenty five years as an artist and illustrator, collaborating on publications for Dark Horse, Valiant, Sideshow, MARVEL, DC Comics, and Upper Deck.
His first artwork for the US market was The Last Avengers story for Marvel Comics, and was followed by Daredevil and X-Men. He has collaborated on a limited edition series for DC called Space Ghost and a host of other titles, including Mystique and Sabretooth (1996), Alpha Flight (1997), and What if? (1997) for Marvel, as well as JLA: Paradise Lost (1998), Haven: The Broken City (2002), Green Lantern (2003), and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight.
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