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Dynamic People Illustration in Procreate: Drawing Gestures and Poses
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4 hours 14 minutes
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About Dynamic People Illustration in Procreate: Drawing Gestures and Poses
Introduction
Class & Projects Overview
Canvas & Brush Setup
From Basic Proportions to a Pose
Gestures and Body Language
Weight
Body and Simple Shapes
Coloring Exercise - Sketch
Confident Pose
More Confident Poses
Coloring Exercise - Confident Pose
Shy Pose
Elegant Pose
Happy Pose
Jumping Pose
Floating Pose
Walking Pose
Coloring Exercise - Walking Pose
Running Pose
Sitting Pose
Sitting Pose - Stories
Sitting Pose - Levels
Sitting Pose - Cross-legged
Sitting Pose - Front View
Outfits - Elegant vs Sporty
Outfits - Outgoing vs Shy
Props
Props & Hands
Perspective - Outfits
Perspective - Characters
Perspective - Characters & Props
Group & Flow
Your Turn & Inspiration
Final Thoughts
What You Will Learn?
- Get comfortable and more confident when drawing character poses and gestures..
- Do you ever feel that your characters could be more lively, expressive, and dynamic? Or are you looking for more ideas to take your character designs to the next level? Then, this class is for you!.
- Many of you, after taking my class about Stylized Characters Design, have shared that you would like to learn and practice more about character design!.
- And so, in this class, we will level up, and I’ll take you through the journey of making your characters more lively, expressive, and dynamic by using simple shapes and drawing poses and gestures..
- We will create many little stories using character poses, gestures, clothes, and props, culminating in creating a group of characters - a stylized portrait of your friends, family, or a character's lineup for a movie or a game. .
- You will gain a solid skills for developing your character design and style further. You will learn:.
- We will talk about the importance of gestures and body language so you can make your characters appear confident, shy, happy, or elegant. And you will get inspired by various examples on how to color and finish your sketches..
- You will also get two creative challenges for mood and simple storytelling while adding props to your characters..
- But wait, there is more!.
- You will learn how to approach sitting, walking, running, jumping, and floating poses with lots of quick tips and professional advice from working with clients..
- Last but not least, we will talk about what to consider when you will be creating a group and composition consisting of more characters..
- I will be using Procreate 5X, but feel free to use any other drawing software or medium you prefer. .
- In addition, you will also get a bunch of freebies to use with this class:.
- Let’s get started with expanding your horizons and drawing awesome characters!.
- See you in the class!.
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