Character Drawing

Cykedelia

How to Render a Character from Start to Finish

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Skills You’ll Learn

Coloring Workflow

Learn how to color your illustration from start to finish.

Laying Down Colors

Learn how to lay down different layers of colors.

Detailing

Learn how to add details to your drawings.

Illustration Postproduction

Learn how to render your drawings in high quality.



WHAT IS THIS CLASS ABOUT?

Colors can really help bring out the life in illustrations, but it is also often daunting. We will teach you how to understand color harmony, the different rendering styles of a character's features from their hair, skin, clothes, and tips and tricks regarding rendering!


WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR?

This course is for anyone interested in rendering characters! Color completes an illustration, an essential tool to bring out form, value, and contrast!

WHAT WILL THE STUDENTS ACHIEVE?

By the end of this course, you will have a deeper understanding of colors, how they work together, and how you can apply this within your illustrations. Upon completion, you will have created a rendered character illustration!

Curriculum

WELCOME

Welcome

1. Meet Your Instructor

01:31

2. Introduction to the course

03:32

3. Introduction to the program

07:03

1

How to Choose Color Palettes

1. Blending Tips and Techniques

11:49

2. Understanding the Color Wheel to choose Color Palettes

14:05

2

Skin

1. Skin tones—Distribution of Blush and Shadows on the Face

18:05

2. Different Types of Skin Tones and Color Palettes

23:12

3. Eyes - Pupils

15:25

4. Eyes - Eyelashes and Eyebrows

16:53

3

Hair

1. Understanding Hair in Shapes

12:45

2. Creating Depth and Value with Color

11:50

3. Detailing with Colors

12:25

4

Clothes

1. Cloth Folds—Understanding and Translating References into your Illustrations

12:00

2. Blocking Out Shadows and Highlights

10:10

3. Detailing Part 1 - ‘Chiseling’

15:28

4. Detailing Part 2 - Adding Colors

08:23

5

Skin pt. 2 (Hands)

1. Hands —Understanding and Translating References into your Illustrations

11:32

2. Skin Tones of the Hand

23:00

6

Postproduction Touch-Ups

1. Layer Blending Modes

05:23

2. Photoshop Filters and Features

09:12

OUTRO

Outro

1. Congratulations on Completing the Course

00:47

Creator

Cykedelia

Cykedelia

Hello!


You can refer to me as Cy or Cykedelia.

I am a freelance artist based in the US, and I mainly focus on drawing my original characters, with the occasional fanart. You could say that my characters have been the biggest motivation for my art career. I had a simple goal--to illustrate these characters the best I could to present them to people!


I was fascinated with colors more than others because of the way it influences an artwork. The atmosphere, form, and value can all be determined more effectively by colors. In a way, I see art as a means to an end, not necessarily the end itself. I am grateful for this opportunity to share what I have learned to others.

cykedelia

cykedelia
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