Mixed Illustration Techniques for Character Design
A course by Jorge Martín Giménez , Illustrator
Learn to combine traditional pictorial techniques to give your illustrations a unique finish
Learn to combine traditional pictorial techniques to give your illustrations a unique finish
In art, experimentation inevitably involves discovery and, as a result of each failed or successful experiment, the artist's style evolves and is further defined. If you are interested in working on the fusion of different techniques, you are in the right place.
In this course, the illustrator and professor Jorge Sefy will invite you to experiment with traditional drawing and coloring techniques, and combine them to discover your own style. You will learn to design original characters using acrylics, inks, oils and more.
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 21 downloads
- 95% positive reviews (96)
- 1,438 students
- 19 lessons (3h 11m)
- 21 additional resources (11 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
You will create an illustration of a character invented in full color, using the drawing and color techniques that you will learn in the course.
Although the course shows a very specific drawing style, the techniques that will be shown can also be applied to any type of drawing, be it of the cartoon , realistic, comic or any other type.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To illustrators, designers, artists and anyone interested in exploring different traditional painting techniques and creating characters.
Requirements and materials
You will need to have basic notions of drawing and have had a first contact with some color technique.
With regard to materials, you will mainly need pens, brushes, acrylics, oils, watercolor paper and bodybuilder tape.
Additionally, and optionally, you can use an airbrush, masking liquid and spray varnish.
Reviews
A course by Jorge Martín Giménez
Jorge Sefy is passionate about fantasy worlds and adventure stories, whether they are stories, books, movies or video games. Since childhood, he has tried to recreate something similar, drawing and painting, inspired by the work of different artists such as Alan Lee and his illustrations of The Lord of the Rings, Beatrix Potter and his fables, or the bestiaries of Tony Diterlizzi.
Currently, in his career as an illustrator, he is dedicated to work related to advertising or design, but his true vocation is editorial illustration and character design, things he develops in his work as a teacher and in different personal projects.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Who I am
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Materials and character drawing
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Presentation of materials
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Character color and lighting sketch
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Transfer to paper and drawing
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U3
Frames, volume and background
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Ink and raster
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Tinta y trama II
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Grisalla
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Grisalla II
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Masked
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Background and airbrush
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U4
Acrylic and oil color
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Acrylic Techniques
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Acrylic techniques II
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Técnicas de acrílico III
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Primer
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Oil retouching
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U5
Varnish and digital retouching
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Varnished
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Digital retouching
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FP
Final project
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Mixed Illustration Techniques for Character Design
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luan_cruz
Incredible content!
estebancampili
esta bueno, pero me parece demasiado tedioso este tipo de tecnica, se pueden obtener resultados similares con menos trabajo
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wildlycreativeheart
I would recommend the course to someone who is Spanish speaking, but I a finding it very difficult to follow as the subtitles are not correct either. This plus, as I am assuming with other n9oon-engish speaking courses I have taken on Domestika, any written material from the teacher is not in English either. I love the Domestika courses, at the same time, I am reluctant to buy any more from non-English speaking teachers.
arthurpicerni
MUITO BOM, excelente curso, mostra o passo a passo, mesmo que não fale muito
Explicação prática perfeita e eficiente
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shiba
Overall a good course. The interesting part of this course is that, Jorge explains (both verbally and visually) the uses of different mediums one after the another. Highly recommended.