Specialization in Fictional Character Design and Illustration

Overview

“Using the costume references I found for the character, I try to come up with three different ideas of costumes and posing. I draw each idea, trying to keep it a loose drawing, this is about ideas! I try to make each pose more expressive by thinking about the directions of the lines in the drawing. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Creating the Body and Posing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Fictional Character Design and Illustration. Master the art of memorable fictional character illustration, developing dynamic, expressive characters with unique personalities.

Partial transcription of the video

“In the previous lesson, we explored the face of our character and added personality to it. Before I start drawing the body of my character, I always go on a little search to find more references for the costume and colors of the character. And I do this by looking on Pinterest and Googling images I go down the rabbit hole and follow where it leads me. but I tried to keep this under one hour max. What I like to do is try to incorporate the references that I've picked for costume into silhouettes that I like. And you may have noticed that I always like to have three options for everything. So...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Specialization in Fictional Character Design and Illustration

• Level: Beginner
• 185 students
• 6 units
• 83 lessons (16h 30m)
• 25 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Procreate

• Areas

  Character Design, Color Theory, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration