Cartoon Drawing and Illustration

Name: Cartoon Drawing and Illustration
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Learn Cartoon Drawing and Illustration Techniques in Adobe Illustrator.

Created byMichael Austin

Last updated 11/2017

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What you'll learn

Develop a unique character design from start to finish using the techniques outlined in my video tutorial.
How to create eye-catching color combinations
How to ink in Adobe Illustrator like a pro
How to apply cell shading easily to your 2-D game character

Course content

3 sections • 13 lectures • 46m total length

Line Art Contrast2:10
Explore high contrast line art versus low contrast, and learn how rendering, shading, line weight, and layering create atmosphere, perspective, and mood in cartoon drawing.
Line art Atmospheric Perspective2:49
Set up the brush and line art to ensure accurate strokes. Use atmosphere perspective to separate near and far with thicker lines and darker tones.
Creating inking brushes in Adobe Illustrator0:47
Create a custom ink brush in Illustrator to streamline inking and coloring, using a blind brush to shade and color with a single shape converted to a brush.
Creating "Blind" Brushes0:37
Discover how to use a blind brush in illustrator to color without a stroke, by placing the shape in the brush palette and testing with a black brush.

Designing the Head3:47
Design the head by overlapping oval shapes to form a head profile, add eye sockets, jaw, and lips for expression, and use brushes for self shading and detail.
Line of Action3:04
Discover line of action and light of action to guide a character's gesture, lock the body layers, and build a flowing pose from neck to torso to limbs with brushstrokes.
Base Features5:05
Add the base features to the character, refine gestures and overlaps, and enhance eyes and finger details to establish foreshortening and the overall pose, preparing for finer details.
Adding Detail to the Character5:13
Add detail to the character by refining the belt, hair, and textures with a 0.25 brush, balancing open line art and deeper shading in Illustrator while preserving the overall gesture.

Working with Base Colors2:59
Learn to select and recolor a character to establish base colors, then apply highlights and shadows with blue tones, using brush and eyedropper tools to refine eyes and ensure assets.
Coloring the Accessories3:42
Refine the lip area and color the accessories by selecting shapes, ensuring matching colors, and using the eyedropper tool to maintain consistent hues across the character.
Cell Shading First Pass3:44
Apply a cell shading first pass to finish coloring a character, add hair and accessories, adjust lighting from above, and refine shadows, highlights, and textures for clear form.
Adjusting the Base Colors6:50
Adjust the base colors to refine the character's palette, brighten the orange, balance highlights and shadows, and fine-tune details for a polished, high-contrast cartoon look.
Bounced Light Crash Course5:35
Demonstrate bounced light techniques for cartoon drawing, building gradients with greens and pinks using 10%–30% brushes, add atmospheric light and white highlights with screen blending to reflect light on shapes.

Requirements

Basic drawing skills are not needed but highly encouraged.

Description

The right skills for the job!

Are you looking to start your career as a character designer or animator? Are you looking to sharpen up your Illustration skills? In this course, you will learn how to create a 2-D game character without the use of a sketch. I'll walk you through the entire process from start to finish.

The techniques I'm teaching you in this course can be translated over to other Illustration projects as well. By the end of this course, you will learn how to create a stylized game character that has a strong visual presence. I will teach you how to build a color palette that will make sure the character pops off your screen. I will show you how to work with the line of action to develop a fluid gesture foundation which will use to build our character's action pose.

In this course, you will learn:

how to design a 2-D game character that works across all screens
how to apply color theory to your game character
how to build a modular 2-D game character
how to work with my "Foundation First" approach to character design
and much more!

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Who this course is for:

This course is for 2-D game artist that want to learn how to design 2-D game characters in Adobe Illustrator.

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 6min

Inking in Adobe Illustrator4 lectures • 17min

Cell Shading in Adobe Illustrator5 lectures • 23min

Requirements

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