Skills You’ll Learn
Class Summary
Do you have those moments in life when you are touched by stories? If you want to create compelling visual storytelling by yourself, here are what you need: a note of your life, techniques (color theory, anatomy, perspective, materials, etc.), reference and resources... but most importantly: a unique creating method of your own. In this class I’m gonna introduce various illustration techniques and tips, through which I will help you cultivate your method of creating. A series of unique narrative illustrations of your own is expected by the end of the class.
This Class Is For
This class is for those who already have some visual storytelling background, as well as those who are just about to start their illustration journey. As long as you love stories and wish to tell an appealing story, you are welcomed to join.
Class Takeaways
You will gain your own method of creating narrative illustrations after getting familiar with several necessary techniques (color theory, anatomy, perspective, both digital and manual art, etc.). Assignments include light and color thumbnails, character sketches, storytelling sketches and a complete narrative illustration/illustrations.
Curriculum
WELCOME
Welcome
1. Meet Your Instructor
02:10
2. Introduction to the Course
03:14
3. Introduction to the Program
05:24
1
The General Method of Illustration
1. The general method of creating
10:53
2. The “software”
11:12
3. The mechanism of creating
10:01
4. Finding Your Own Concept
10:10
2
How to Sketch
1. The Function of Sketching
15:04
2. The Method of Live Sketch: Observe, Analyze and Draw
10:45
3. The Basics of Human Anatomy
10:15
4. Sketch as Your Source of Reference
19:37
3
Research
1. Introduction of Research
06:43
2. How to Research
08:22
4
Light and Color
1. Understand Color: Part 1
10:33
2. Understand Color: Part 2
06:37
3. Light and Color in Storytelling
10:35
5
Illustrating in Photoshop
1. Illustrate in Photoshop Part 1: The Basic Tools
10:32
2. Illustrate in Photoshop Part 2: Draw Your Story Out
22:56
3. Illustrate in Photoshop Part 3: Finishing the Illustration
30:42
4. Choose your own Media
10:15
OUTRO
Outro
1. Congratulations on Completing the Course
01:09
Creator
Huahua
Huahua Zhu is an illustrator and comic artist based in New York.
She graduated as an honored student from Rhode Island School of Design (illustration major) in 2021. She was a finalist of Zankel Scholarship in 2020, and won the golden award in CACC (China Animation & Comic Competition Golden Dragon Award) in 2020.
Her clients include Peow, Goinvo, Supercell, NetEase Games, Lilith Games, Beijing Arts and Photography Publishing House.
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