Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
Proportions of a superhero
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Proportions of a superhero
Overview
“Now we are going to what interests us the most in this course. I will show you the different proportions that exist between a middle human being and a superheroic figure. ”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: Proportions of a superhero, 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'm going to talk about how I use super heroic proportions. We know how used the proportions in an ideal figure, and in this case we will see that some proportions change. I had to learn this about the March, because my training was in the history of classic comics. I had to start seeing how to give a character Super powerful. So let's take a reference line and We are going to use the same head, with the same size that we had used before, but using different internal proportions. Here we have a head una 2 3 4 5, 6, 7 8 ½. 8 and a half heads, 9 heads, depends of each one's sty...”
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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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