Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
First sketches: design of our skeleton
A course by Ariel Olivetti , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: First sketches: design of our skeleton
Overview
“Well, now we start working on our project. We are going to tighten the structure without losing sight of the character's movement. Do not forget that it is essential not to lose the spirit of play when we draw.”
In this video lesson Ariel Olivetti addresses the topic: First sketches: design of our skeleton, 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
“Initial sketches: Designing our skeleton Now we'll start drawing our final project. Let's start building from the base, which would be the bone structure, simplified, which is what we've seen up until now, but with something that will guide us throughout this lesson and the rest of the units. We'll keep the superhero proportions for the construction of our action figure. I'll be a bit more thorough here. Even though I'll trace this structure afterwards to add muscles on top, I want this structure to look a little neater. Always remember the rib cage which we spoke about, the egg shape. In e...”
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Course summary for: Illustration for Comics: Anatomy of a Superhero
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Areas
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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