Procreate Illustration Course: Characters & Storytelling

Mastering Procreate for Character Design Storytelling and Illustration: Bring Your Ideas to Life

What you'll learn

How to use Procreate for character design and illustration

Fundamentals of character design and illustration

Developing a unique style in design

Maintaining style throughout the work

Working on different scenes of a story

Adding all kinds of details and staying relevant

Storytelling with illustrations

Working on original characters and designs

Designing storyboards and sketches

Creating brand new digital illustrations

Techniques, detours, tips, and hacks used in illustration

Different samples for applying techniques

Valuable knowledge and skills for pursuing a career in illustration or book design, or simply creating art as a hobby

Requirements

You will learn everything you need to know.

Ipad with Procreate application installed (but you can apply those ideas, illustrations & techniques on paper or a medium of your choice as well)

Apple pen

Paper & Pencil

Description

Designing a character and telling a story through digital illustrations has never been easier than it is today, thanks to tools like the iPad and Procreate. With these tools, anyone can learn to create captivating illustrations and designs that bring their ideas to life.This comprehensive course will teach you all the techniques, tips, and tricks of Procreate that are useful in character design and illustration, whether you want to pursue a career in illustration, book design, or simply enjoy it as a hobby. You'll learn how to create original characters, design storyboards and sketches, combine characters and story, and ultimately create a brand new digital illustration artwork.Throughout the course, we will focus on the original Puss in Boots story as the main core of the curriculum. In the first chapter, we'll work on a project together where you'll learn how to work with Procreate, including how to use different brushes, layers, colors, and all the other capabilities of the application for character design and illustration.The next step is learning how to work on a story for illustration. This includes reading a story and determining the main characters and their distinctive characteristics, deciding which scenes to work on, and remaining consistent throughout the work. We will work on all the main characters of the story together, as well as all the important features and elements of the story, creating an archive of all we need to start working on the main scenes.Working on several scenes from the story, you will learn all you need to know about composition, storytelling, and adding details. Along the way, different techniques, detours, tips, and hacks used in illustration will be explained and applied on different samples.All the lessons of this course are accompanied with FREE additional resources such as outlines, grids, and carefully designed assignments that will help you enter the field you love and practice what you have learned right away.Throughout the 25 lessons of this course, you will learn how to use Procreate for character design and illustration. You'll get familiar with the fundamentals of character design and illustration, learn how to develop a unique style and maintain it throughout your work, and explore how to work on different scenes of a story while adding relevant details. Additionally, you will learn how to effectively tell a story through your illustrations.By the end of this course, you will have the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to create captivating illustrations that bring your ideas to life.How to use Procreate for character design and illustrationFundamentals of character design and illustrationDeveloping a unique style in designMaintaining style throughout the workWorking on different scenes of a storyAdding all kinds of details and staying relevantStorytelling with illustrationsWorking on original characters and designsDesigning storyboards and sketchesCombining characters and storyCreating brand new digital illustrationsTechniques, detours, tips, and hacks used in illustrationDifferent samples for applying techniquesComposition, storytelling, and adding detailsAssignments to practice what you've learnedFree additional resources such as outlines and gridsValuable knowledge and skills for pursuing a career in illustration or book design, or simply creating art as a hobby.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction and initial brainstorm

Lecture 2 Before we dive in!

Section 2: Original Character Sketch and Design

Lecture 3 Cat Character Illustration

Lecture 4 Main Protagonist Character Illustration

Lecture 5 Rabbit Characters Illustrations

Lecture 6 King Character Illustration

Lecture 7 Princess Character Illustration

Lecture 8 Ghoul Character Illustration

Lecture 9 Mouse Character Illustration

Lecture 10 Farmer Character Illustration

Section 3: Original Storyboards and illustrations

Lecture 11 How to Create Character Boards?

Lecture 12 Framework Design and Illustration.

Lecture 13 Add Details to Storyboard: Main Characters

Section 4: Developed Characters and illustrations

Lecture 14 Rabbit Storyboard Frame Details

Lecture 15 Cat Holding Rabbit Storyboard Frame

Lecture 16 Castle with Ghoul and Boy Storyboard Frame

Lecture 17 Marriage Scene: Changing Body Gestures and Facial Expressions

Section 5: Storyboards illustrations

Lecture 18 Color Understanding: Castle Scene - Part I

Lecture 19 Color Understanding: Castle Scene - Part II

Lecture 20 Color Understanding: Castle Scene - Part III

Lecture 21 Adding Small Changes to your Characters to Reflect the Story - Part I

Lecture 22 Adding Small Changes to your Characters to Reflect the Story - Part II

Lecture 23 Marriage Scene: Creating Skin Tones, Textures and Details with Color - Part I

Lecture 24 Marriage Scene: Creating Skin Tones, Textures and Details with Color - Part II

Lecture 25 Marriage Scene: Creating Skin Tones, Textures and Details with Color - Part III

Lecture 26 How to Add Details with Color Whilst Retaining a Character’s Personality Part I

Lecture 27 How to Add Details with Color Whilst Retaining a Character’s Personality Part II

Section 6: Realistic Puss in Boots Illustration in Procreate

Lecture 28 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Outline drawing

Lecture 29 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Hat, Cape and Boots

Lecture 30 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Hat, Cape and Boots - Part II

Lecture 31 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Facial Features - Part I

Lecture 32 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Facial Features - Part II

Lecture 33 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Fur Details - Part I

Lecture 34 Character “The Puss in Boots”: Fur Details - Part II

Lecture 35 Complete Character “The Puss in Boots” Illustration - Part I

Lecture 36 Complete Character “The Puss in Boots” Illustration - Part II

Anyone who wants to learn character design and illustration,Beginners who want to learn the fundamentals,Artists who want to develop a unique style in design,Individuals who want to pursue a career in illustration or book design,Anyone who wants to create original characters and designs,Individuals who want to tell a story through their illustrations,Art lovers,Students