Illustrated Character Design and World Creation

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• You will discover the steps to what makes a good character and how to imagine the world in which it lives as the course advances.
• Take your ideas to the next level by following the steps in the technical process, which will take you from thumbnail sketches to final artwork in a variety of media.
• The completion of an image is not the end of a project.
• Nathan addresses how to look objectively at your work, evaluate what you could better or do better, and how to apply the project to real-world applications in the final lesson.
   

Syllabus:

1.  Introduction

   • About Me

   • Influences

   • What This Course Is About
      

2.  Setting the Foundation

   • Materials and Tools

   • Ideas

   • Connecting the Dots

   • About Your Character

   • World Building
      

3.  Building a World

   • Refining the Concepts

   • Refining the Concepts - Annex

   • Time for Illustrator: Preparation

   • Time for Illustrator: Shapes and More Shapes

   • Time for Illustrator: Shapes and More Shapes - Annex

   • Time for Illustrator: Deconstruct

   • Time for Illustrator: Deconstruct - Annex

   • Time for Photoshop: Reconstruct

   • Time for Photoshop: Reconstruct - Annex

   • Time for Photoshop: Light and Shadow

   • Time for Photoshop: Light and Shadow - Annex

   • Time for Photoshop: Colour and Finesse

   • Time for Photoshop: Colour and Finesse - Annex

   • Time for Photoshop: Character and Worlds Unite
      

4.  It's Alive!

   • Post-Mortem Analysis

   • Applications

   • Final Tips
      

5. Final Project

   • x Character Illustration and Their Worlds