Description
Designing a character and telling a story through digital illustrations has never been easier than it is today, thanks to tools like the iPad and Procreate. With these tools, anyone can learn to create captivating illustrations and designs that bring their ideas to life. This comprehensive course will teach you all the techniques, tips, and tricks of Procreate that are useful in character design and illustration, whether you want to pursue a career in illustration, book design, or simply enjoy it as a hobby. You'll learn how to create original characters, design storyboards and sketches, combine characters and story, and ultimately create a brand new digital illustration artwork. Throughout the course, we will focus on the original Puss in Boots story as the main core of the curriculum. In the first chapter, we'll work on a project together where you'll learn how to work with Procreate, including how to use different brushes, layers, colors, and all the other capabilities of the application for character design and illustration. The next step is learning how to work on a story for illustration. This includes reading a story and determining the main characters and their distinctive characteristics, deciding which scenes to work on, and remaining consistent throughout the work. We will work on all the main characters of the story together, as well as all the important features and elements of the story, creating an archive of all we need to start working on the main scenes. Working on several scenes from the story, you will learn all you need to know about composition, storytelling, and adding details. Along the way, different techniques, detours, tips, and hacks used in illustration will be explained and applied on different samples. All the lessons of this course are accompanied with FREE additional resources such as outlines, grids, and carefully designed assignments that will help you enter the field you love and practice what you have learned right away. Throughout the 25 lessons of this course, you will learn how to use Procreate for character design and illustration. You'll get familiar with the fundamentals of character design and illustration, learn how to develop a unique style and maintain it throughout your work, and explore how to work on different scenes of a story while adding relevant details. Additionally, you will learn how to effectively tell a story through your illustrations. By the end of this course, you will have the skills, knowledge, and resources needed to create captivating illustrations that bring your ideas to life. How to use Procreate for character design and illustrationFundamentals of character design and illustrationDeveloping a unique style in designMaintaining style throughout the workWorking on different scenes of a storyAdding all kinds of details and staying relevantStorytelling with illustrationsWorking on original characters and designsDesigning storyboards and sketchesCombining characters and storyCreating brand new digital illustrationsTechniques, detours, tips, and hacks used in illustrationDifferent samples for applying techniquesComposition, storytelling, and adding detailsAssignments to practice what you've learnedFree additional resources such as outlines and gridsValuable knowledge and skills for pursuing a career in illustration or book design, or simply creating art as a hobby.
