Illustrating Mythological Characters

Overview

“It is time to choose a legend to illustrate. In this lesson I will teach you how to work a character and illustration from a theme or concept.”

In this video lesson Alfredo Cáceres addresses the topic: Discover a myth, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Mythological Characters. Learn the process of developing an illustration based on a myth, first using watercolors and then exploring digital techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“discover a myth In this lesson we will work on the idea for our final project. As I told you in previous lessons, I first work with very small sketches and then I make them grow. As they grow they acquire more and more details until they finally become the final project. I also taught you how to start getting many more from one idea, that is, from a story that we are going to work on next, let's examine it and start pulling out little details and small shapes that will finally constitute the final idea. For the final project of this course I chose the idea of the basilisk, which is a creatu...”

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Course summary for: Illustrating Mythological Characters

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (28)
• 1271 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 18m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

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