Description
ONLINE ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP with Christina Zhang
Prerequisites
Students should have experience with drawing characters and human anatomy. Figure drawing experience is also highly recommended!
Objective
In this workshop, I’ll be detailing my process on how I stylize shapes for character art! The class will be intensively aimed at helping students gain a better understanding of shape breakdowns and teaching them how to apply these skills to character design.
Day 1
- Journey: My Background!
- Intro to Character Design
- Intro: Drawing from Life and Reference
Break
- Shape Breakdowns: Human Form
- Muscles
- Clothes
- Shape Breakdowns: Subtle Gestures
- Standing
- Sitting
- In-class exercise
Break
- Shape Breakdowns: Faces
- Demo
Day 2
- Pushing Shapes: Dynamic Gestures
- Lines of Action
- Shapes in Action
- In-class exercise
Break
- Applying Shapes: Original Characters! Yippee!
- Demo
Break
- Day 1 HW Critiques
- Outro: Last Tips and Conclusion
Recommended Materials
- Access to a digital painting/drawing program (I’ll be demoing in Photoshop, but programs such as CSP or Procreate work as well!)
*Frequent questions:
What happens if I can’t see the classes live one day?
• No problem. All classes are live but will also be recorded and posted on our platform. So you can see them whenever you want throughout the duration of the course. This means that if you cannot attend your class live at the stipulated time, you will be able to see them on the platform until the end of the course. These video-classes, 1080p, posted on the platform can be viewed unlimitedly during the duration of the course but cannot be copied or downloaded. Class recorded can also be viewed for 6 months once the course is over.
When can I see the classes I did not attend live?
• Access to the virtual platform where you can consult all the information or documentation of the course, access all the classes that have already been taught or the proposed exercises.
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