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1. Go at your own pace in this 20-week online course
2. Artistic guidance & pointers from the instructor
3. Supportive peer community exchanging feedback
4. Enroll now to start learning right away!
Master character design & illustration from start to finish
In this course I will show you my complete process behind creating drawings like mine, from coming up with ideas and how I find and organize references until the finished illustration.
You will not only learn how I draw the human body and break it up into simple shapes to create interesting poses but also how to put your character into an environment that shows their character and makes them feel even more real.
This course is for anyone who wants to start drawing interesting characters with a story and a believable environment but are not sure where to start.
It’s broken up into easy steps showing concrete techniques and beginning with fundamentals so even beginners will be able to follow and create their own illustrations!
Both artists who are more used to drawing as well as illustration newbies will be able to use this course to improve their existing skills and challenge them.
With my guidance, you will be able to come up with characters quickly and will come to understand the steps and tools you will need to make your own original illustrations from start to finish.
I want you not to be afraid of tackling more complex illustrations with backgrounds because they are a great way to breathe more life into your character.
In the end you will not only have learned how to come up with ideas and collect references and resources but also how to use them and develop them into a drawing.
I will show you how to draw a character from scratch, how to breathe life into them and place them into an environment to create a finished illustration.
I compressed my entire routine into an easy to understand process to make it simple to understand and fun. Let’s create characters together!
Welcome to “How to design characters that tell a story: Breathing life into your illustrations” Course
1. Meet Your Instructor: Sonia Stegemann
2. Introduction to the course
3. Introduction to Procreate
Chapter 1: Anatomy
- How to construct the head using the Loomis method
- Stylizing the head
- Drawing expressions
- Drawing hair
- Stylizing anatomy
Chapter 2: Drawing a character step by step
- Developing a character concept
- Sketch and lines
- Color and shading
Chapter 3: Developing your own style
- How to actually find your style
- How to make an art style
Chapter 4: Inspiration and Concept
- How to come up with a concept
- Collecting and organizing references
- Composition principles
- Perspective
Chapter 5: Figure in Space
- Drawing the body in perspective
- Posing your character
- Adding a character into a background
Chapter 6: Drawing the full illustration step by step
- Visual concept and making thumbnails
- Sketch
- Choosing a color palette
- Lines
- Color and shading
Chapter 7: Adding effect layers to give your illustration the final touch
- Light and atmosphere
- Light and effect layers
Outro: Congratulations on finishing the course!
About the Creator
Professional Portrait Artist, Sonia Stegemann
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Hi, my name is Sonia and I’m an illustrator and graphic designer based in Germany. My favorite thing to draw are cute girls with an attitude and personality.
The best thing about art is learning and improving and having the power to create characters from nothing and telling their story by drawing them!
A few years ago I started uploading my drawings to Instagram to share my characters with other people. Over time I learned to refine my style and technique to be able to draw illustrations that are as close as possible to the image I have in my head.
Now I want to inspire other artists to also share their unique stories and characters!
- Those who want to get better at the basics of digital drawing
- People who want to learn my style of character design
- People who want to start drawing interesting characters with a story
- People who want to use this course to improve their existing skills and challenge themselves
Duration of the course
You can access the class videos for 20 weeks. Within that period, you can replay the videos in as many devices as you want.
Installment Payment
Quadpay is available for the payment!
Your order will be split into 4 installments paid over 6 weeks!
To find out more, please visit Quadpay.
Class Preparation (iPad)
Also, you need an Apple Pencil to take the class. iPad Air, iPad, iPad Pro all works! Do not forget about downloading the 'Procreate' app as well.
Class access
We will send you an email with a webpage link and a personalized code to access the videos within 24 hours of purchase.
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