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Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light

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A course by Joel Santana , Concept Artist and Character Designer

Concept Artist and Character Designer. Tampa, United States.
Joined September 2019
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99% positive reviews (1.4K)
30,953 students
Audio: English, Spanish
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About the final project for: Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light

Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light

“Well, we've reached the end of this journey through color and light. I tried to teach the things I've learned at school and as a professional. I told you how I face digital painting but feel free to experiment and make yours some of these steps. Let me encourage you one more time to use your own sketches for this and other paintings. Your style is yours only and it is unique. You have to explore it freely and feel confident about it. I think it really makes the difference. It is now time for me to say goodbye. I hope you enjoyed the course, that you found it to be inspiring and I hope to have shared with you at least an inch of motivation to develop your personal projects and to express your passions through color, light, and shadow. Because in the end, that is exactly what this is about, pursuing what really makes you thrill. Embrace your madness.”

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“Final Project All right, so that brings us to the end of the course. I hope I gave you everything you need, so you can continue to express yourself in the world of digital painting. Before I say goodbye, I want to go over all the steps that we took that helps us develop the final project. First thing we did was, we took a look at our work space, to set up our brushes and some of the other tools to get us ready for digital painting techniques. Then we went over something that I consider to be a very helpful exercise, which is sphere studies, which help understand how color, light and shadow ...”

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Course summary for: Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (1396)
  • 30953 students
  • 4 units
  • 18 lessons (2h 49m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Character Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration

Joel Santana

Joel Santana
A course by Joel Santana

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Concept Artist and Character Designer

Joel Santana is a character designer and illustrator, a collector of hats, and a married father with two kids. Throughout his career, he's done freelance work for Champs Sports, Walt Disney World Orlando, and other major clients. Joel's been published in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2016 and a full page in 2017, MTVnews.com and Huffington Post UK. He's also worked for in-house teams and advertising agencies creating illustrations for advertising, as well as packaging and toys.

Aside from creating, Joel has also mentored junior artists and co-workers, taught workshops, given talks to art students at local universities, reviewed products for Wacom, and participated in the local AIGA group speaking to young creatives.


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Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light. Illustration course by Joel Santana Best seller

Digital Painting for Characters: Color and Light

A course by Joel Santana
Concept Artist and Character Designer. Tampa, United States.
Joined September 2019
  • 99% positive reviews (1.4K)
  • 30,953 students