An intro that shows all the lessons in a small trailer.

What the course is about, what character design is and why it’s an important part of my projects.

Arranging the workspace and explaining what’s, in my experience, a comfortable way to work. I will also show the different menus in a quick overview.

My “go to” settings when creating a new file, for my character design model sheets.

Arranging a nice template and the layers to give a natural texture to the drawing.

Thinking about the character design and putting it together in an organic way with the rest of the project.

Gathering ideas to give more consistency to the character design.

How to put together a color palette using some of the color theory principles.

Sketching roughly the overall idea for the new character.

Refining the rough sketch and moving to a cleaner version.

Drawing the character's front view while showing their personality.

Drawing the back of the character matching the front view.

Drawing the character from the side in order to have a consistent reference resource.

Creating a set of expressions that will show how the face of the characters will look like having different emotions.

Inking over the sketch to give a more solid look to the character design.

Completing the inking process while adding small details and contrast.

Coloring process, using the color palette and a distinctive style.

Adding shadows, highlights and overpainting some areas to give more depth to the character design.

Coloring a specific character from start to finish with watercolor techniques.

Creating correction layers to fine tune the character design, color choices and overall contrast.

Exporting the character design in different formats for future use and sharing on the web.

Character Design Assets