Skills You’ll Learn
Drawing with Clip Studio Paint
Designing Your Own Unique Character
Choosing Appealing Color Palettes
Exploring Your Character's Personality, Interactions, and World
Creating and Composing Finished Illustrations With Your Character
Have you ever had a great idea for a character or story, but just weren't sure where to start?
In this course, I'll walk you through my method of designing a character from the ground up, beginning with my brainstorming process.
I will demonstrate how I build character references that show the character's design and personality. Then, to bring this character to the next level, I will show how I develop finished illustrations to place the characters uniquely within their world.
Whether you want to create a character from scratch or expand further upon a character you already have, this course will teach you how to show off your creations to the world.
This course is for anyone who wants to bring a character to life from the very ground up and create aesthetically pleasing pieces using the Clip Studio.
Anyone interested in building the characters and the world around them will create appealing finished pieces to best display their originality
Participants will learn all the requirements to create a grounded character with unique personalities and a world with an original concept. By following along, you will also be able to use this character to create finished illustrations, presenting all the reasons why the character is special.
Curriculum
WELCOME
WELCOME
1. Introduction to the course
02:05
2. Meet Your Instructor: Artemus
02:34
3. Introduction to Clip Studio
02:57
1
Overview of Clip Studio Paint
1. Learn the basics of Clip Studio Paint
32:08
2. Download brushes and materials suiting your taste
05:27
3. How to modify and edit brush settings
18:36
4. Facilitate your process with shortcuts and tips
12:17
2
Brainstorming and visual library
1. Finding clothes, faces, and hair inspiration
16:07
2. Putting themes and concepts together
05:40
3. Sketching and testing out the concepts
05:03
3
Anatomy/Proportion basics and stylization
1. Understanding the basics of anatomy and postures
20:40
2. Stylizing the body fitting your taste
38:45
3. Mastering hands and feet with shortcuts
58:22
4. Playing with hair dynamics
46:39
5. Simplifying the body into a cute chibi form
12:55
4
Exploring Your Character's Personality and Expression
1. Understanding the diverse facial shapes and structures
12:33
2. Learning to add variety to face types
38:34
3. Finding expressions that fit your character
1:26:31
4. Using sketches to expand personality
22:29
5
Color Palette
1. Understanding color theory
18:41
2. How different color combinations can affect a design
22:53
3. Finding a range of color palettes for a character
13:54
4. Applying color palettes to a character
42:21
5. Coloring a character reference sheet using the chosen palette
34:26
6
Creating a finalized illustration with your character
1. Using your character's themes to thumbnail a composition
17:50
2. Sketching from a thumbnail
40:36
3. Adding base colors
26:50
4. Lighting and shading an illustration
33:16
5. Enhancing the atmosphere with filters
27:32
7
Bringing Your Character to Life with Interaction Drawings
1. Creating other characters for your own world, or with other artists
1:02:44
2. Learning the postures of a group of characters
21:23
3. Developing multiple characters dynamics through mini-comics
38:36
4. Using humorous interactions to give life to your drawings
39:02
8
Expanding your characters' world
1. Designing a vehicle
16:04
2. Drawing a unique environment
19:41
3. Expanding on the lore of your world
13:59
BONUS
BONUS
1. Learning and drawing from the styles of inspirational artists
28:50
OUTRO
OUTRO
1. Congratulations on Completing the Course
01:30
Creator
Artemus
Hi there! I'm Artemus, and drawing characters has always been my passion. I liked to make my own stories and worlds ever since I was a little kid. Now, after taking classes in figure drawing, portfolio illustration, and character design, I feel more equipped to draw the original characters and the world around them.
Through my online platform, I've been able to share the characters I have created. It's always inspiring to see my SNS account growing fast, but moreover, to find that people are interested in learning about my characters and their world.
It is such a fantastic feeling to see people love and support my creations, just like they would enjoy characters from books or video games. I'm here to help you feel the same!
aartemus