Advanced Digital Illustration for Manga Characters
Tips
A course by Catalina Carlesi , Cartoonist and Illustrator
About the video: Tips
Overview
“Finally, I'll share with you a couple of tips that personally help me foster my personal growth as an artist. These are tips you've probably heard elsewhere, but they don't hurt to put into practice from time to time. ”
In this video lesson Catalina Carlesi addresses the topic: Tips, 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
“This lesson is quite personal. I wish to share with you insights from my journey. Here are a few pieces of advice I've gathered through my journeys and my life as an artist. These tips I have attempted to integrate into my daily routine in order to cope with frustration. foster personal development. and sustain mental fortitude over the years. to finish the illustrations I set out to make. As I mentioned at the start of this course. allow yourself to fail. It's the best way to learn. When we learning. failure is a natural part of the process. It's completely understandable to feel frustrate...”
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Course summary for: Advanced Digital Illustration for Manga Characters
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
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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