Super Simple Eyes For Powerful Storytelling

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Super Simple Eyes For Powerful Storytelling
Published 10/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.13 GB | Duration: 0h 42m

Create Fun, Expressive Characters with Simple Techniques and Bring Stories to Life!

What you'll learn

Understanding how to simplify eyes.

How to draw super simple eyes and adjust them to convey a wide range of emotions.

How to use additional elements like eyebrows, lashes, and highlights to enhance expressions.

How to create a full narrative illustration with multiple characters using just a few shapes and lines.

Requirements

What you’ll need:

- an iPad with Procreate and an Apple Pencil (if working digitally) OR

- white paper and pens OR

- colored paper and Posca markers for traditional drawing.

Description

Eyes are the key factor that can instantly turn any object into a character. Two dots and a line below can already suggest a face! But when you add specific emotions to those eyes, that’s when the magic happens. With just a few shapes and lines, you can tell an entire story through the expressions your characters show, and that's what this class is about.This class will show you how to create expressive eyes and characters with super simple techniques. Whether you’re working digitally in Procreate or with traditional tools like paper, ink or Posca pens, you’ll learn how to give life and personality to your illustrations without overcomplicating things.What you’ll learn:How to draw super simple eyes and adjust them to convey a wide range of emotionsHow to use additional elements like eyebrows, lashes, and highlights to enhance expressionsHow to create a full narrative illustration with multiple characters using just a few shapes and linesThis class is for you if you:are a beginner to intermediate artistare an aspiring children’s book illustrator, or cartoonistare looking to create fun, expressive characterswant to add personality to your illustrations with super simple techniqueswant to add personality to your illustrations with super simple techniqueswant to have fun while learning something new!What you’ll need:an iPad with Procreate and an Apple Pencil (if working digitally) orwhite paper and pens orcolored paper and Posca markers for traditional drawingThere are also materials provided for this class: a custom Procreate brush set, a Procreate color palette and a detailed workbook to help you with your exercises, to give you ideas on what to illustrate with a prompt list, and to give you examples with my cheat sheet.This class is designed to be fun, accessible, and full of creativity. I can’t wait to see what you come up with and I’m excited to guide you through this journey of turning simple eyes into powerful storytelling tools. Let’s get started, I will see you in class!<3 Jutta

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Class Project

Lecture 3 Material

Section 2: Super Simple Yet Expressive Eyes

Lecture 4 Anatomy of a Human Eye

Lecture 5 Super Simple Yet Expressive

Lecture 6 Expression Through Eyebrows

Lecture 7 Additional Accents

Lecture 8 Let's Get Emotional

Section 3: Super Simple Character Creation

Lecture 9 Super Simple Character Creation

Lecture 10 Class Project: Create a Super Simple Scene

Section 4: Wrap Up

Lecture 11 Bonus: Let's wrap it up

This class is for you if you:,- are a beginner to intermediate artist,- are an aspiring children’s book illustrator, or cartoonist,- are looking to create fun, expressive characters,- want to add personality to your illustrations with super simple techniques,- want to have fun while learning something new!