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How to draw CARTOONY HUMANS

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Have you ever dreaded the art class, but not because you hate drawing, but because you love it so much and you feel that you can not meet your own expectations? Not only that. You´ve had your childish dream alive to become an illustrator, but you find that drawing humans and even cartoony humans, is the hardest thing of all.

I hear you. I was just like you. But now, after 17 years of a successful career in the animation and illustration industry, I have discovered that the problem is not in your hand or whether you have a talent or not, but it´s in your mind. Yes, you read correctly. Even you can draw and become a brilliant artist if you have the right approach.

And that´s what I´m going to show you here. This exclusive offer with change the way you think and therefore the way you draw once and for all.

So what will you learn in this course:

- You will learn what are male and female proportions

- What makes a human look cartoony

- How to approach cartooning depending on the outcome you are desiring

- How to use shapes and shadows to design cartoony humans

- How to evolve your character from being a generic human to being a specific character with a personality

- What is an Archetype and why is it important to know when you work with cartoony humans

- Different types of Evil and Good characters, how to draw a Hero and a Villain

- How proportions change the way we perceive characters

- How to dress your characters - why are costumes important

- How to brainstorm with simple shapes and how to find the characters suggested by your subconscious mind

- How to bring your character to life - creating a Character Sheet

- How to put emotions to your character

This and much more you will find in this course, as well as I, will share with you some insights from the kitchen of an illustrator and an animator while I guide you, step by step to exploring your own creativity, finding your own style, and become the artist you´ve always dreamed of.

I hope to see you on the other side of this course.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • The proportions of the Male body and how to make them cartoony
  • Polishing The Drawings and Adding costumes and other features to the design
  • Draw unidentified shapes
  • Draw a character in Profile
  • Draw a character from a squarelike shape
  • Designing a more stylized character
  • Design characters that come from the same world
  • Designing a HERO
  • Designing a Hero - Part 2
  • Designing a Hero - Part 3
  • Designing a Hero - Part 4, Defining the character
  • Designing a Hero - Part 5, A different approach to a heroic character
  • Designing a Hero - Part 6, A different type of Hero
  • Bonus- Drawing Facial Features of a Hero
  • Bonus- Draw a Cartoony Male Face of a Hero
  • Bonus- Experiment with Facial Proportions to design different heroic characters
  • Designing a Villain - Part 1
  • Designing a Villain - Part 2
  • Designing a Villain - Part 3
  • Designing a Villain - Part 4
  • Designing a Villain - Part 5
  • Designing a Villain - Part 6
  • Draw basic shapes
  • Make a character sheet out of a design of your choice
  • Female proportions - Part 1, What are the female proportions
  • Female Proportions - Part 2, How to stylize the female proportions
  • Female Proportions - Part 3, How to simplify the design
  • Designing a Heroine - what to think about
  • Designing a Heroine - Defining the Character
  • How to draw simple poses
  • Refining the "Stick figure" drawings into nice shapes
  • Refining the poses of your Character Sheet
  • Using the character's different emotions to refine her design
  • Put your character in motion
  • Facial Expressions - happy and sad
  • Facial Expressions - Sneaky, Scared and Content
  • Refining the Facial Expressions

Taught by

Maria Avramova

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