Advanced Digital Illustration for Manga Characters
Transform tool and poses
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Transform tool and poses
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll learn how to use digital tools to create striking and interesting poses. I'll also discuss the concept of action lines and teach you how to use the Transform tool. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: Transform tool and poses, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced Digital Illustration for Manga Characters. Learn to give your manga characters a unique identity through their body language, clothes, and hairstyle.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we will delve into using digital tools effectively to enhance your poses. making them more captivating and engaging. We will focus on the idea of action lines and I'll demonstrate my techniques with the Transform and Liquify tools. Use Photoshop to adjust and enhance fundamental character poses effectively. Maybe your characters feel too rigid or unchanging. lacking the dynamic quality they need. It aids in forming a robust line of action for dynamic character poses. In this course. while we don’t delve into anatomy directly. reviewing action lines is crucial for body langua...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Digital Illustration for Manga Characters
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Manga

Catalina Carlesi
A course by Catalina Carlesi
Catalina Carlesi, better known as Alpaca, is a Chilean cartoonist and digital illustrator specializing in manga characters. She began her career as a graphic designer, but soon decided to pursue her dream and devote herself full time to illustration.
She's always been a huge fan of manga, anime, and video games, especially JRPGs, as well as Japanese culture in general, which have heavily influenced the style and content of her drawings. She loves creating original characters and weaving their stories into her illustrations through the use of light and shadows, colors, and expressive details.
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