Captivating and Dynamic Character Creation

Overview

“You never want your drawing to feel flat and lifeless. That’s why you’ll learn about the importance of volumes and how to create the illusion of volume on flat paper. I’ll also talk about proportion and scale. ”

In this video lesson Jackie Droujko addresses the topic: Volumes and Proportion, which is part of the Domestika online course: Captivating and Dynamic Character Creation. Learn to design characters and apply strong colors, shapes and lighting..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we'll talk about volume and proportion. It's important to show volumes in your character design so it doesn't look flat. This means suggesting anatomy by having overlapping lines to insinuate muscle and flesh and volume. When we look at this gorgeous drawing by Cori Loftus, we see a lot of volume because we see a lot of muscle and flesh and overlapping lines. We see that this bicep is going over the shoulder and all these pieces that I can't name at the top of my head are going over each other. But in order to make a good character, it doesn't have to be realistic like this....”

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Course summary for: Captivating and Dynamic Character Creation

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (8)
• 2263 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 17m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration