Specialization in Fictional Character Design and Illustration

Overview

“Not only is color beautiful, but it's also useful! In this lesson, I'll talk about how the various principles of contrast (value, saturation, complementary contrast, and temperature) can be applied to guide the eye through your design. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Color Strategy and Harmony 1, 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

“So in this lesson, we're taking a look at color through a strategic lens. Before we move forward with the piece itself, we're going to talk a little bit about color theory. There's a lot of different opinions and ways of tackling this out there. For me, I really drive my color through the lens of meaning and what we talked about earlier in some of the lessons, the hierarchy of meaning. So whatever that hook is, wherever the core part of your design is that you really want people to pay attention to and remember, color and the various types of contrasts that we'll get into. Will help to driv...”

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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