Character Sketchbook: Find Your Voice
Drawing with reference 2
A course by Carlos Sallas , Graphic Artist
About the video: Drawing with reference 2
Overview
“ In this second part, we are going to take the drawing that we created from the reference and start highlighting elements to give it more personality and charisma. We will analyze the character's distinctive characteristics and exaggerate certain aspects to create a more interesting and unique representation, using our creativity to reinterpret the original image.”
In this video lesson Carlos Sallas addresses the topic: Drawing with reference 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Sketchbook: Find Your Voice. Create original drawings in your sketchbook and personalize you favorite fictional character with different exercises..
Partial transcription of the video
“In this step, let's start highlighting some things in this character to create something that is a little more charismatic. First let's analyze what we represent. The drawing helps us to remove a lot of detail which is not necessary to design characters. What we are doing now is that we have a clearer representation of the main elements. So, first let's see what makes up this character and what we can highlight to make it a little more interesting. His head is a little bigger than normal. He is a man who has a fairly long face and also his hair is quite prominent. It's one of the things tha...”
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Course summary for: Character Sketchbook: Find Your Voice
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Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Carlos Sallas
A course by Carlos Sallas
Carlos Sallas is a distinguished graphic artist and designer hailing from a small town in southern Morelos, Mexico. His deep passion for drawing has led him to work in a variety of fields, including editorial illustration, animation, advertising, and tattooing.
He has collaborated with well-known brands like Moleskine, Wacom, and Kraken, and has contributed to projects with studios such as Ánima, Fotosíntesis, and 4M2Q Studios. Carlos has also taught workshops and given lectures at institutions like Escena, Coco School, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, and the Pixelatl Festival.
Among his most notable projects are the comic "La Canción del Lago," which won first place at the 2019 Pixelatl Festival, and "San Misterio," an animated series and comic that has received accolades at various international festivals.
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