Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters
Sketching and Loosing up Your Hand
A course by Samantha Martínez , Digital Animator and Illustrator
Joined November 2018
Joined November 2018
About the video: Sketching and Loosing up Your Hand
Overview
“Since you already know who your character is and have a collection of references from the previous lesson, you can start sketching the composition of your course project. I show you how!”
In this video lesson Samantha Martínez addresses the topic: Sketching and Loosing up Your Hand, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters. Learn to design imaginary characters that convey messages through gestures, poses, and unique scenes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sketch and release hand In previous lessons we determined who the character is and we collect references. Now we will put all that information together and we will begin to sketch the composition of the illustration. In Additional Resources I will share the brushes that I normally use, but you can use the ones you prefer, so let's start. Once we have the references, we are going to create a new document. 3000 pixels wide by 4000 pixels tall and resolution, 300 pixels, in case we later want to print the illustration. I'm going to name it Final project. And we click on Create. Now I'm going t...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Imaginary Cartoon Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Samantha Martínez
A course by Samantha Martínez
Samantha Martínez, better known as Sam, is a digital animator and illustrator from Mexico, specialized in bringing fantastical figures to life through her designs. After studying 3D digital animation for video games, she discovered her true passion, and decided to dedicate herself to illustration and character design full time.
Her work is characterized by themes relating to fantasy and comedy, reminiscent of the caricature genre. Drawing characters straight from her imagination has allowed her to create an array of audiovisual content for different agencies, as well as illustrate the book El Club de las Niñas Fantasma, published by Alfaguara.
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