Character Sketchbook: Find Your Voice
A course by Carlos Sallas , Graphic Artist
Create original drawings in your sketchbook and personalize you favorite fictional character with different exercises.
Create original drawings in your sketchbook and personalize you favorite fictional character with different exercises.
Dive into the world of drawing and sketchbooking with Carlos Sallas, a renowned artist with extensive experience in editorial illustration, animation, advertising, and tattooing.
Discover how to use your sketchbook to document your surroundings and gather inspiration to develop fantastic creatures and unique characters.
You'll learn a variety of techniques and processes that will help you capture your experiences and fantasies through drawing.
From digital mediums to traditional techniques, you'll explore the importance of experimentation and creative exploration, ultimately developing your own creative voice in the world of drawing.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 18 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (4)
- 1,112 students
- 16 lessons (3h 6m)
- 18 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
ProcreateWhat is this course's project?
The final project involves interpreting a well-known character and giving it your personal touch.
Using the techniques and knowledge acquired, you'll create several versions of the character, highlighting different attributes and digitizing your favorite to ink and color.
Who is this online course for?
This course is designed for those who want to explore and develop their creativity through drawing.
It's ideal for art and design enthusiasts looking to improve their skills and find their artistic voice.
Requirements and materials
You will need a pencil, a sketchbook, colors, markers, or any drawing materials you have on hand.
Additionally, it's recommended to have drawing software to finish your illustrations digitally and a mobile phone or any type of camera to document your creative process.
Reviews
A course by Carlos Sallas
Carlos Sallas is a distinguished graphic artist and designer hailing from a small town in southern Morelos, Mexico. His deep passion for drawing has led him to work in a variety of fields, including editorial illustration, animation, advertising, and tattooing.
He has collaborated with well-known brands like Moleskine, Wacom, and Kraken, and has contributed to projects with studios such as Ánima, Fotosíntesis, and 4M2Q Studios. Carlos has also taught workshops and given lectures at institutions like Escena, Coco School, Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, and the Pixelatl Festival.
Among his most notable projects are the comic "La Canción del Lago," which won first place at the 2019 Pixelatl Festival, and "San Misterio," an animated series and comic that has received accolades at various international festivals.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Finding your own voice in your sketches
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What is style and what is an authorial voice
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The materials
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The function of a sketchbook
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U3
Character study
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Drawing with reference 1
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Drawing with reference 2
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The faces 1
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The faces 2
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Convert objects into characters
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Draw from imagination
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U4
Your Favorite Character
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What makes a character?
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Create your version
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Digitizing and inking
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U5
Final Touches
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digital color
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The details and export
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FP
Final project
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Character Sketchbook: Find Your Voice
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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springerbarb
PlusThis was one of my favorite classes on Domestic. Carlos is very talented and easy to understand. I enjoyed working through each of his steps for character design. He started from the beginning and all the way through Procreate which helped make the entire process clearer. I also appreciate the resources he shared. I highly recommend this course!
paulacolors
Hasta ahora me encanta el curso, tiene ejercicios simples pero muy ingeniosos . El profesor explica super bien y tiene mucha carisma. Además me encantaa que se puede adecuar al estilo de cada ilustrador! buen curso!! recomendadísimo.
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cperezramirez
excelente curso
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victor_gaytan
EXCELENTE CURSO!
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