Creating Illustrated Characters with Photoshop

Creating characters illustrated with Photoshop

“Dear students, we have reached the end of the course, thank you very much for joining me, I hope you enjoyed it and learned something for your life. I will be very aware of your projects and your doubts, if I take time to respond it is because I am very busy or on some beach without internet access. So please be patient. In the meantime they can share their knowledge with other students, surely it is good to receive constructive criticism or some practical advice on how to make an illustration even better. Dare to make your own color palettes and edit your own brushes, it may not come out at the first time but you can find one that will be useful for another project. In Photoshop there are many ways to achieve the same result, it is a matter of trying and finding a way in which you feel more comfortable. Don't forget to save your files and keep coffee away from the keyboard. May the force be with you. ”

Partial transcription of the video

“FINAL PROJECT Hello, we have reached the end of this course. Hope it has fit to create characters with a lot of personality. Now I will make a brief summary of the course. This will help you prepare your final project. We start by choosing a theme. Then, we brainstormed, finding keywords and concepts to lay the foundations of our characters. With this in mind we look for references and so we got to the idea in colors, textures and shapes that we would use later. The next step was to make sketches and doodles looking for positions or expressions and movements that we could use in the charact...”

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Course summary for: Creating Illustrated Characters with Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (41)
• 676 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 12m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration