Character Design For Concept Art

how to draw characters, how to create concept art for animation or games

What you'll learn
You'll earn the professional way to create character designs and concept art
You'll learn how to come up with ideas for character designs, how to draw characters out of your head easily at any time
You'll learn the proportions of the human figure, how to draw the human figure in any pose, plus how to draw the face and draw the face in any angle
Colour can be daunting! But you will be able to master colour like a pro and work with a limited palette to create stunning professional looking artwork
Requirements
Knowledge of Photoshop or a similar digital painting software
Description
This course is a deep dive, complete step-by-step guide to creating characters and concept art. I will walk you through the process from start to finish and by the end of the course you will have a stunning portfolio piece.  Along the way, you will learn how to draw the human figure; how to draw stylised characters; how to create characters for animation; and how to easily come up with interesting character designs yourself, all the time. You'll also learn how to paint and add colour to your designs, as well as how to add textures, shading, and effects to really make your characters leap off the screen! If you want to learn how to draw characters, how to paint concept art for animation or games, and how to come up with characters with compelling storylines, this course is for you!This is a course about digital painting, but really the emphasis throughout this is to de-mystify the process and show you to actually come up with ideas, how to ramp up your character drawing skills and how to ensure you have a fully developed and fully rounded character before you even begin the painting stage. In addition to that, I’m also focusing on showing you how, once you have your painting completed, you can easily add effects and final polish to your artwork to make it stand out in your portfolio .If you are interested in animation, and working in animation, or if you’re interested in comic art, or any kind of digital art, then this course is for you.I really want you to find success as a digital artist and have open up doors for yourself for a possible career path in animation or concept art. That’s my ultimate goal in making this course. I’m sharing knowledge and techniques gathered from my 15 + years of experience working as a digital artist for animation companies in Dublin and in Vancouver. I’ve done work for clients such as Disney, Dreamworks, Atomic, to name a few. And about 90% of what I know now, I learnt on the job working for these studios. And now I’m sharing it with you so that you can build up a stunning portfolio and get your career up and running.I hope to see you inside the course. Enrol now and come work with me in this fun and practical course. Take the first steps on your creative journey today!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Keyboard Shortcuts for Photoshop

Section 2: Drawing Skills

Lecture 3 Drawing Figures

Lecture 4 Drawing Faces from any Angle

Lecture 5 Exercises for Building Characters

Section 3: Research and Development

Lecture 6 R & D: Who is your character?

Lecture 7 R & D: Collecting Visual Reference

Section 4: Drawing Your Roughs

Lecture 8 Rough Drawing Method 1

Lecture 9 Rough Drawing Method 2

Lecture 10 Merging the Roughs

Lecture 11 Adding a Stylised Character

Lecture 12 Final Line Work & Clean Up

Lecture 13 Final Clean Up Jenna

Lecture 14 Final Clean Up Tar-Gus

Section 5: The Painting Process

Lecture 15 Choosing a Colour Palette

Lecture 16 Creating Your Flat Colours

Lecture 17 Adding Shading and Lighting

Lecture 18 Painting the Face

Lecture 19 Painting the Clothing

Section 6: Final Render Stages

Lecture 20 Making Adjustments

Lecture 21 Final Render

Lecture 22 Adding a Background or Environment

Lecture 23 Effects for Atmosphere

Section 7: BONUS VIDEOS

Lecture 24 Speed Painting Tar-Gus, part 1

Lecture 25 Speed Painting Tar-Gus, part 2

Anyone interested in learning how to paint digitally,Anyone with an interest in Animation or Comic Book Art,Anyone who is working on their portfolio for animation school or for submitting to a studio