Take your character designs to the next level by taking them off the white page, and building a deeper narrative for them through their environment, outfit, weapons, and overall design.
In this course I will go over my method of coming up with a narrative driven character concept; taking a slice of the story to help you present your characters in a fully detailed illustration.
The class will cover:
- The planning and research phase. Collecting references, and starting concept sketches.
- Character study and combining references for later details.
- Sketching out the scene, and an overview of the photo texture I plan to use later on.
- Inking the scene, and doing the flat color.
- Building on top of the flat layers to create a quick color test, intro to photobashing, and adding textures to the image.
- Planning the scene, and the first phase of rendering.
- Organizing your folders, and using your photo textures to add details to your rendering.
- Start with the main character and move to the background using the above method of photobashing and painting.
- Final touches, and color adjustments to finalize the piece.
This course is for artists who are looking to make their work more interesting, and up their level of conceptualization. As well as an introduction to new tools; students will learn how to organize files, photobash, where to look for references and textures, and finally how to make it all fit in a single artwork.
By the end of the course the student will know how to design a character with an interesting backstory by world building, and creating solid concept foundations that will lead to a captivating illustration . The class will reveal the many tools illustrators use to build their scenes, from photobashing and adding textures, to creating your own objects and textures.
Curriculum
WELCOME
WELCOME
1. Meet Your Instructor: Noobovich!
10:34
2. Introduction to the course
17:03
1
Planning and research phase
1. Writing an idea brief
15:04
2. Reference resources and sites
19:45
3. Character Chart
02:53
4. Photoshop document setup and Brushes
20:19
5. Narratives to your sketches part 1
42:14
6. Narrative to sketching part 2
36:38
7. Narratives to your sketches part 3
34:58
8. Narratives to your sketches part 4
51:32
9. Homework
02:06
2
Character concept
1. Character Concept 01
11:34
2. Character Concept 02
22:46
3. Character Concept 03
09:31
4. Character Concept 04
25:14
5. Intro to Artbreeder
20:45
6. Applying Artbreeder
15:33
7. Character Concept 05
18:40
8. Flat Coloring
30:37
9. Enemies Design
14:13
10. Fairy Design
16:39
11. Finalizing the design
31:14
12. Homework
01:28
3
Sketching out the scene
1. Intro: References and objectives
17:44
2. Compositional sketching 01
31:44
3. Compositional sketching 02
26:18
4. Compositional sketching 03
34:42
5. Compositional sketching 04
18:50
6. Composition scale tool
20:56
7. Value Study
42:07
8. Homework
02:06
4
Intro to Daz3D
1. Introduction to Daz3D
17:37
2. Camera and Light
20:37
3. Posing the character
31:18
4. Homework
01:55
5
Inking and cleaning the drawing
1. Inking the Main Character
25:07
2. Inking the Fairy and the BG
13:35
3. Flat Colors
06:56
4. Homework
02:28
6
Photobashing
1. Underpaint
46:38
2. Intro to Photobashing
28:08
3. Intro to Photobashing 02
23:34
4. Planning Your Illustration
13:17
5. Foreground
10:06
6. Photobashing the Background 01
48:00
7. Photobashing the Background 02
05:34
7
Digital Painting 01 [Main Character]
1. Intro to Rendering
12:24
2. Head Rendering
49:22
3. Armor Rendering 01
15:06
4. Armor 02
20:43
5. Hammer
05:36
6. Waist
14:24
7. Thoughts and Homework
09:13
8
Digital Painting 02 [Other Elements]
1. Fairy
20:00
2. Undead Army References
04:44
3. Undead Rendering 01
16:03
4. Undead 02
14:29
5. Flying Skulls 01
16:10
6. Flying Skulls 02
06:23
7. Light Beams Rendering
07:19
9
Final Touches
1. Planning
07:32
2. The Final Touches
23:26
3. Adding Effects
14:54
4. Homework
02:15
OUTRO
OUTRO
1. Congrats on finishing the course!
06:45
Creator
Noobovich
Hello!
My name is Ibrahem Swaid, also known as NOOBOVICH. I am a working digital illustrator and concept artist with 10 years of experience. Along with personal projects, and ventures in teaching I have notable clients that include Capcom, Tencent, IDW, Boom Studios, Dire Wolf and Abrakam.
My artwork “Skating Giants” ranked 6th top digital illustration worldwide on Artstation for the year 2018. Although teaching is not my profession but I run a live critique on my twitch channel which gives me the chance to interact with aspiring artists and beginners and help them push to the next level. I also have 2 narrated tutorials on my portfolio that got a lot of praise where I go over my character rendering process step by step.
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