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Concepting
Lesson 1 of 4 Creative Illustration
In this lesson you'll come up with the characters, world and story that you'll use throughout the rest of the course. Amin will take you through a few exercises to decide on a genre and logline, before diving into references and thumbnail sketching. Don't be afraid to experiment here- you never know what might inspire you!
In a World...
Come up with a basic storyline concept for the artwork you'll make in the course. You'll continually come up with more ideas as you experiment with sketches and designs in future chapters, so this doesn't need to be more than a few lines.
For ideas on environments, characters and more, visit our free Brief Builder tool: www.briefbuilder.app
Building the Library
Find reference images for the characters, environment, props and other aspects of your story. Gather these images on a PureRef board so you can easily access them later while making your artwork.
Tiny Worlds
Draw 10 basic thumbnails representing your story. These can be anything from a poster design to a general exploration of a single character. Let your creativity guide you in this stage, and don't worry about specifics. For extra credit, do at least 5 more thumbnails.
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Lesson 1
this lessonConcepting
In this lesson you'll come up with the characters, world and story that you'll use throughout the rest of the course. Amin will take you through a few exercises to decide on a genre and logline, before diving into references and thumbnail sketching. Don't be afraid to experiment here- you never know what might inspire you!
- 57 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 15 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Conceptualization
References
Thumbnailing
Lesson 2
Characters
In this lesson, you'll come up with the characters in your story. After doing some rough sketching, you'll create a full color portrait of your hero. Amin will cover several important concepts about color and lighting in this lesson, along with some useful tips for speeding up your art creation. At the end of this lesson, you'll have a finished piece of character art.
- 1 hour 23 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 18 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Rough Sketching
Hero Pose
Creating Shapes
Color
Conclusion
Lesson 3
Environments
In this lesson, you will come up with an interesting environment for your character to live in. Using all the concepting methods you learned eariler, you will thumbnail, define and iterate on your scene. At the end of this lesson, you'll have a finished piece of art showing off your world.
- 55 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 9 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Reference Gathering
Rough Sketching
Color Painting
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Key Art
This lesson will collect everything you've learned so far, by combining the character and environment designs from the previous two lessons into a single hero illustration. You'll also adapt your finished key art into one or more alternate versions, for display in different kinds of media. At the end of this lesson, you'll have multiple portfolio pieces showing off your new illustrated property.
- 1 hour 16 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 19 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Poster Line Art
Basic Value
3D Reference
Final Poster
Alternate Key Art
Conclusion
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