Manga Character Illustration Specialization

Course summary

• M1: Inspiration

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Catalina Carlesi

  • Influences | Carolina Cardona

  • Influences | Akimaro

  • Influences | Andrea Jen

  • Influences | Andrea Jen

• M2: Digital Illustration: Create Manga Characters

  • The Characters: the Human Figure 1

  • The Characters: the Human Figure 2

  • Character and Expressions

  • Digital Inking

  • The Color

  • Elaboration of the Character and the Environment

  • The Sketch

  • The Drawing: Scale, Gray Scale and Color

  • Lights and Shadows 1

  • Lights and Shadows 1

  • Final Details: the Render

  • Illustration Projection

  • Empower Illustration

• M3: Digital Color for Manga Illustrations

  • Search your library

  • Mood board

  • The sketch

  • Digital sketch

  • Lines and base color

  • Color palette

  • Color application 1

  • Color application 2

  • Color 3 application

  • Final effects

  • Export for printing

  • Export for digital media

• M4: Manga-Style Comic Creation from Scratch

  • The project

  • Stories and comics

  • Think in vignettes

  • Components and composition

  • Basic anatomy

  • Body language

  • From thumbnail to sketch

  • Polish the comic

  • Scan and digitize

  • Creative Techniques and Publishing

• M5: Manga-style Portraits in Watercolor

  • The Materials

  • Who Am I Going to Draw?

  • Head

  • The Torso, Arms, and Hands

  • Additional Details and Objects

  • The Outline

  • Color Theory and Choice of Palette 1

  • Color Theory and Choice of Palette 2

  • Basic Coloring Techniques 1

  • Basic Coloring Techniques 2

  • Color Temperature and Shadows

  • Coloring the Skin, Eyes, and Hair 1

  • Coloring the Skin, Eyes, and Hair 2

  • Coloring the Dress and Final Details 1

  • Coloring the Dress and Final Details 2

  • Drawing Cleanup

  • Color Settings

• M6: Creation of Manga Characters

  • What are we going to do?

  • Introduction to manga I

  • Introduction to manga II

  • Importance of the characters and how to create them

  • Materials

  • Bodies and archetypes I

  • Bodies and archetypes II

  • Bodies and archetypes III

  • Faces and heads I

  • Faces and heads II

  • Face Expressions I

  • Face Expressions II

  • Movement

  • Passed to ink

  • Data sheet

  • Last conclusions

• Final project

  • Specialization in manga character illustration