Sketchbook: Creating Characters Based on Real People

Overview

“In this lesson you will learn what it means to draw from imagination and what it means to draw from observation, the advantages and disadvantages of each and how we find the balance between the two. ”

In this video lesson Diego & Sebastian Ramírez Jacinto addresses the topic: Imagination vs. observation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sketchbook: Creating Characters Based on Real People. Learn to design unique characters with our method, drawing inspiration from real life and capturing shapes and gestures..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we are going to talk about the difference of drawing from observation and from imagination. Drawing from the imagination is the place from where all the artists have started. All children draw from imagination. The problem with drawing from imagination is that we often fall back on stereotypes or shortcuts to what we know. Instead of drawing a whole person, we draw representations of the whole person. That is, we draw the image of the whole person and the image of the whole person. If we saw a photograph next to our drawing of a person, they would be completely different. Tha...”

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Course summary for: Sketchbook: Creating Characters Based on Real People

• Level: Beginner
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• 3844 students
• 5 units
• 14 lessons (2h 28m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Sketching