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In this course, you will learn:
- The basics of character drawing and the principles that underlie effective characters: silhouette, exaggeration, squash and stretch, asymmetry, texture, line weight, and more.
- Drawing individual body parts—eyes, mouths, hands, and hair—as well as different types of animals, creatures, and objects.
- Drawing from start to finish, creating a memorable character ready for handoff to animators.
Syllabus :
- Welcome
- Understanding the exercise handout: Print it out!
1. Basics Overview
- Body types, proportions, and construction
- Gesture and attitude drawings
- Thumbnails
- Composition and camera angles
2. Understanding Drawing for Animation
- Line of action/reversals
- Silhouette and negative space
- Counterpose/torque
- Exaggeration
- Squash and stretch: Understanding volume
- Straight vs. curves and parallels
- Breaks on curves
- Vary shapes, asymmetry, and texture
- Point of origin
- Open and closed areas
- Tangents
- Materials and drag
- Line weight
3. Drawing Body Parts: Detail
- Understanding anatomy
- An introduction to drawing eyes
- Eyelids, eye blinks, and eyebrows
- Drawing realistic eyes
- Drawing cartoony mouths
- Drawing realistic and stylized mouths
- Drawing the nose
- Drawing ears
- Adding details to build character in a drawing
- Drawing hands
- Drawing hands: Details, touching hands, and fine points
- Drawing hand styles
- Feet
- Hair and beards
- Drawing clothes and flowing materials
- Drawing animals
- Drawing creatures
- Drawing cartoon effects for animation
- Drawing objects
- Bringing It All Together
- Bringing it all together
5. Full Drawing: From Start to Finish
- Starting with a rough construction
- Tie down
- Cleanup
- Troubleshooting and plussing
- Model sheet and turnaround
- Advice on drawing in different styles
- Adding color to your drawing
