Captivating and Dynamic Character Creation
Lighting and Final Touches
A course by Jackie Droujko , Character Designer and Filmmaker
About the video: Lighting and Final Touches
Overview
“At this stage, the character is looking good! Now it's time to add some lighting using reference and any final touches that’ll improve the character’s design and personality. ”
In this video lesson Jackie Droujko addresses the topic: Lighting and Final Touches, which is part of the Domestika online course: Captivating and Dynamic Character Creation. Learn to design characters and apply strong colors, shapes and lighting..
Partial transcription of the video
“So now that we've rendered out our character a little bit, it's time to add lighting and final touches. So to start, I'm going to take a look at my reference that I have in the top corner and see what we need to do. I see that there's a hard light above her from the sun. So let's start with that. I'm gonna choose a light blue and overlay it and play with the blending modes just to see what we can come up with. So when I'm adding lighting to my character, I'm imagining where the sun is. So I'm going to hit every plane that would be facing the sun. and I'm going to smudge the edges that are r...”
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Course summary for: Captivating and Dynamic Character Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Jackie Droujko
A course by Jackie Droujko
Meet Jackie Droujko, a seasoned character designer based in Vancouver, Canada. With an impressive career spanning Netflix, Warner Bros, Dreamworks TV, Nickelodeon, and more, Jackie has honed her craft while sharing her expertise through workshops, presentations, and even her own art book, "Allure." Beyond her professional accomplishments, Jackie's passion for teaching and sharing her knowledge has become a driving force in her career, inspiring others to explore character design and storytelling through art.
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