![]() Plus, I don’t know about you, but the one thing I try to stay away from when I’m learning something new is Youtube. Not to mention I’ll be giving you assignments the whole way through that give you the opportunity to implement what you’re learning. That’s 5 hours of curated content that’s purpose built to give you a no BS approach to creating your own comic book characters.Ĭontrast that with Youtube – and you’re looking at 10-15 minute videos that are scattered all over the place, often taught by different instructors of varying degrees of teaching ability, which don’t give you anywhere near the same level of depth or explanation you’re going to get out of this course. Everything you need to know is packaged into one place and carefully structured to give you a comprehensive volume of character creation know-how. We’re incredibly lucky to have so much information on any topic we’re interested in right there at our finger tips.īut here’s the big difference between this course, and anything you’ll find on Youtube. You might have even subscribed to my Youtube channel already and taken away a ton of value from the videos I’ve put out. A lot of what I learned, I learned on Youtube too. I know that for a fact – because I started out the same as you.Ĭouldn’t You Learn All of This On Youtube For Free? I can’t make you practice it over and over again until you’ve processed all that knowledge and fully integrated it into your approach to character creation.īut I can promise that if you do – the kind of characters you’re illustrating a couple months from now will be on a whole new level to the character’s you’re able to create today. Unfortunately I can’t force you to put what you’re going to learn here into action. But when you take this course, make no mistake – you will know how it’s done. You won’t magically be a pro just from watching a few videos. Learning how to produce a character to the standard you’ll see demonstrated in this course is going to take time, practice and dedication. Now, at this point you’re probably thinking this sounds like a great deal – BUT there’s no way in the world you’re going to be able to pull off a character with the same level of quality. ![]() Use reference images to inform the design and make your characters look more convincing.Įnergize your drawings with gestural line work that creates a sense of movement. Use adjustment layers to tweak the hue, contrast, saturation and brightness of your colorsĪdd warm and cool tones to your lighting so that it comes across as more realistic. Ink the contours of your character design with slick, sharp and energetic line art.Įnhance the readability of your design with tonal values and contrastīuild up the forms within your character using multiple lighting passes to give them increased depth and dimension. Properly render a variety of materials so that they look distinct from one another. Use contrast to emphasise key areas of interest. ![]() Where to drop in shadows throughout your character design. Present the same character consistently from multiple angles.Įstablish a lighting scheme so that you can shade the forms throughout your character correctly. Here’s a few other things you’ll learn along the wayĮstablish the proportions, pose and placement of your characters with the mannequin model.ĭraw the underlying anatomy of your character so that you can accurately define the shape of their body and fit the costuming around it. I knew I had potential, but my consistency was still way off. Sometimes I’d score a win, and knock out a character that looked absolutely killer! But more often than not, they just didn’t look that great. They weren’t too harsh, but they weren’t blown away by my ideas either – and that was almost worse. Progress was slow at first, but overtime I figured out what worked and what didn’t by opening myself up to scrutiny and getting the feedback I needed from pros who did this stuff for a living. I went out there and found as much information as I could on character creation and practiced it like crazy! I read books, took courses, and studied from the best of the best. ![]() They got no likes, comments or acknowledgement whatsoever. My family and friends would pat me on the back for the effort which was fine, but when I shared my characters online no one noticed them. Create Bad-Ass Designs for Your Comic Book Characters & Stop Wasting Time on Dud Ideas What kind of reaction do you get when you show other people your characters? Are they blown away by your mad skills, indifferent, or do they simply dismiss all your hard work with uninvited criticism?īefore I started learning about character design – most people just didn’t care either way.
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