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The Webcomics Challenge: How to Create Stylized Characters

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Overview

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What does it take to draw the perfect comic character? Join Kienan Lafferty (of the webcomic EMMA: Little Girl Versus the Walking Dead) and learn how to create guy and girl characters that are totally unique and totally awesome. This class is a detailed, in-depth look at drawing heads, bodies, and clothes for both genders. Along the way, Kienan includes a number of Photoshop tricks, making this class perfect for beginning and experienced illustrators alike. By the end, you'll create your very own 2 characters — fully inked, masked, colored, and ready for a webcomic!

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Assignment Overview
  • Exploring Style: Guys
  • Exploring Style: Girls
  • Time-Lapse: Style Recap
  • Creating Bodies: Girls
  • Creating Bodies: Guys
  • Time-Lapse: Bodies Recap
  • Creating Clothes: Girls
  • Creating Clothes: Guys
  • Drawing Hands
  • Time-Lapse: Clothes Recap
  • Inking and Masking
  • Gradient Coloring
  • You did it! Time to celebrate!

Taught by

Kienan Lafferty

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