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Character Art School: Complete Coloring and Painting Course

The Best Way to Learn to Color and Paint Professional Characters for Animation, Games, Comics, Manga and More.
Bestseller
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (4,567 ratings)
70,113 students
Created by Scott Harris
Last updated 2/2021
English
English [Auto], Portuguese [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • How to Paint Characters from Beginner to Advanced
  • How to Color Characters using Multiple Techniques
  • How to Color Comic Book Characters
  • How to Color Manga
  • How to Color Anime
  • How to Paint Digitally and Use that Theory with Traditional Tools
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Requirements

  • You should have a desire to color and paint characters well
  • You should have a desire to reach a professional level of coloring and painting ability

Description

What is Character Art School: Complete Coloring and Painting?

Character Art School is a 6 week learn-anywhere video course where you learn to become adept at coloring and painting professional characters. I’ve hand-crafted the Character Art School: Complete Coloring and Painting course to be the only course you need, to learn all the core fundamentals and advanced techniques to coloring and painting characters well. If you’re an absolute beginner or you’re already at an intermediate level, the course will advance your current ability to a professional level. The course is a comprehensive 5 module guided video course, where the only limit to your progression is your determination and engagement in the rewarding assignments.

Whether you want to color and paint character concept art for films and games, illustrations, comics, manga, Disney style or other styles, this is the course you need to get you there.

I’ll teach you to color and paint with confidence and without fear. I’ll teach you to color and paint well. You will know all the core theory, workflows and practical application for professional level Character Coloring and Painting.

Finally, Learn Character Coloring and Painting Well

Whether you’re a complete beginner, or intermediate at character coloring and painting, you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew. Seriously. Inspired by masters and built on the theory of giants, Character Drawing Academy is one of, if not the most comprehensive character coloring and painting course out there. I’m so convinced of this, I’ll give you a no-questions asked refund if you’re not satisfied.

Clear, Easy to Understand Lessons

Crystal clear in fact. Learning character coloring and painting effectively means having information presented in a logical and coherent way. The Character Coloring and Painting Course is modular by design, easy to grasp, and allows you to learn in a well paced, structured way. Engage in the course chronologically, then revise each module at your leisure. Grasp concepts faster than you ever have before – there’s no fluff here. You'll also find that Coloring and Painting is grounded in very solid and complete theory. Learn rapidly.

Assignments that are Rewarding

Bridging the gap between theory and practice, each module’s assignments have been designed to both reinforce theory, and feel rewarding. I’ve taken the core of Color and Light theory, and purpose built each assignment to help you rapidly progress, and you’ll see the difference in your own work almost immediately. Art is about doing, so let’s get started.

What's Your Style?

Whether you want to learn to color and paint characters for games, comics, cartoons, manga, animation and more, this course has you covered. I'm not teaching you a 'method' or a 'way' to color and paint, I'm teaching you to be a fundamentally good character colorist and painter.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn to color and paint characters well, in any style
  • Individuals who love character art, from Video Game Art, to Animation, Comics, Manga and more

Featured review

Akshath Nayar
Akshath Nayar
8 courses
8 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 53 weeks ago
ONE OF THE BEST COLORING COURSES OUT THERE.SCOTT TEACHES EVERYTHING FROM BASIC TO ADVANCE AND HE ALWAYS STICKS TO THE POINT.I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE(THIS IS MY 3RD COURSE WITH SCOTT AND ALL 3 COURSES WERE AMAZING)YOU WANNA LEARN TO COLOR AND PAINT...THIS IS THE YOUR COURSE.. :)

Course content

8 sections • 83 lectures • 19h 32m total length

  • Preview02:29
  • Coloring and Painting Tools
    12:30
  • Join the Community
    00:35

  • Light, Color and the Eye
    07:21
  • The Scale of Light
    08:24
  • Perception of Forms
    04:54
  • Planes
    05:10
  • Light and Reflection
    09:49
  • The Form Lighting Principal
    22:04
  • Understanding Color
    06:28
  • Color Shifting
    05:56
  • Color Schemes
    10:12
  • Preview07:40
  • Atmospheric Perspective
    03:30
  • Edge Differentiation
    06:44
  • Observation
    02:26
  • Module 1 Assignments
    00:01
  • Module 1 Resources
    00:01

  • Introduction
    01:18
  • General Tools Overview
    05:15
  • Canvas Size and Resolution Guide
    03:41
  • Installing Brushes
    02:04
  • Keyboard Shortcuts Guide
    08:02
  • Brush Flow and Opacity
    12:51
  • Blending and Color Picking
    01:07
  • Digital Color Picker
    02:10
  • Layers and Layer Modes
    05:48
  • Understanding Selections
    02:32
  • Understanding Adjustments
    03:06
  • User Interface Layouts
    02:30
  • Software Adaptation
    01:20
  • Module 2 Resources
    00:01

  • Workflow Overview
    02:47
  • Digital Canvas Pre-production
    03:08
  • Illustration Preparation
    04:17
  • Stage 1: Local Color
    09:08
  • Stage 2: Variations
    05:43
  • Stage 3: Forms
    18:00
  • Stage 4: Light 1
    06:38
  • Stage 5: Light 2
    05:02
  • Stage 6: Highlights 1
    04:51
  • Stage 7: Highlights 2
    05:09
  • Stage 8: Highlights 3
    05:55
  • Stage 9: Dynamic Lighting
    03:10
  • Stage 10: Contrast
    04:21
  • Stage 11: Cast
    04:28
  • Post-Production Adjustments
    02:46
  • Skin Enhancement
    04:53
  • The Secret Hair Painting Technique
    07:29
  • Adjusting Line Color
    04:11
  • Over-Painting
    02:12
  • Post Production Effects 1
    05:11
  • Post Production Effects 2
    03:25
  • Full Workflow Time-lapse Overview
    16:12
  • Conclusion
    01:05
  • Module 3 Assignments
    00:01
  • Module 3 Resources
    00:01

  • Introduction to Character Coloring and Painting Styles
    01:42
  • Achieving Flat Coloring and Gradient Style Coloring
    09:49
  • Achieving Animation and Anime Cell-Shaded Style Coloring
    09:01
  • Achieving Digital Water-Color and Rough Style Coloring
    14:14
  • Achieving Chunky, brush-stroked Style Painting
    12:44
  • Achieving Smooth Painterly Style Painting
    02:23
  • Achieving Comic Book Style Colouring
    07:33
  • Module 4 Assignments
    00:01

  • Intro to Full Demos
    01:12
  • DEMO 1: Carmi Timelapse with Commentary
    10:36
  • DEMO 1: Carmi Full Painting Demo
    Preview03:07:09
  • DEMO 2: ChronoViper Timelapse with Commentary
    08:11
  • DEMO 2: ChronoViper Full Coloring Demo
    01:32:40
  • DEMO 3: Hiding Something Timelapse with Commentary
    18:58
  • DEMO 3: Hiding Something Full Painting Demo
    02:42:00
  • DEMO 4: Your Call Timelapse with Commentary
    18:35
  • DEMO 4: Your Call Full Painting Demo
    02:32:28

  • Conclusion to the Course
    00:46

  • DEMO: Beach Girl Full Painting Demo
    01:19:17
  • DEMO: Asuka Full Painting Demo
    01:15:09
  • DEMO: Emerald Portrait Painting Demo
    10:16
  • Photoshop Keyboard Shortcut Guide
    00:01
  • Paint Tool Sai Brush Settings
    00:01
  • Clip Studio Paint Brushpack Download
    00:01
  • Krita Brushpack Download
    00:01
  • Your Call High Resolution File
    00:00

Instructor

Scott Harris
Art Director, DAS: School of Art and Design
Scott Harris
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 71,050 Reviews
  • 291,714 Students
  • 9 Courses

As an illustrator, painter and art instructor, I’ve helped more than 270,000 students grow their art skills, learn to draw characters, understand coloring and perspective, and much more. Whether you’re drawing characters, creatures, making manga or comics, painting portraits or creating worlds, I teach the core art knowledge you need to know to reach a high level quickly. I’ve invested years in learning the fundamental theories behind art and animation, teaching you to think like a master artist. I'm a zealous teacher that strives to bring students to a high level efficiently, with simple, easy to understand concepts, built on rock solid art theory. When you learn with me, you’ll learn well, and learn efficiently. That’s my promise to you.

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