Guided Course: Futuristic Character Design and Illustration Techniques

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how to start small and gradually work towards something bigger. Starting small is a great way to experiment and find the right composition. You will learn how to sketch out your initial ideas on Post-it notes, using the poses you've picked out from your mood board. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The Thumbnail Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Futuristic Character Design and Illustration Techniques. Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation.

Partial transcription of the video

“in this lesson. We're going to start with some thumbnail sketches. using references from my mood board. Starting small is a great way to find our composition for our final project. So with thumbnail, is generally based on the size of your thumb. I generally make it a little bit bigger. So gently. I start with the basic square. It doesn't have to be perfect. The main thing is we start really quick. with my reference here. I'm going to try and aim for this pose here. I'm not trying to aim. For any detail. I really just want to get the gesture out. Of the poets. with this second pose here. Wit...”

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Course summary for: Guided Course: Futuristic Character Design and Illustration Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 175 students
• 1 unit
• 7 lessons (1h 9m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration