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Learn Anime Illustration: Space Girl
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Learn Anime Illustration: Space Girl

Learn how to draw an anime illustration from zero to one with Japanese illustrator.
Created byJCCD Studio
Last updated 9/2017
English
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn to draw the Space Girl Illustration
  • Level Up your drawing skills thanks to the tips of proffessional Japanese artists

Course content

1 section30 lectures6h 17m total length
  • Introduction0:32
  • Unite1.1 Draft: The Character11:58

    Sketch the space girl by outlining a face oval with vertical and horizontal guidelines, refining balance, hair flow, and pose before detailing eyes, clothing, and accessories.

  • Unite1.2 Draft: The Background9:41

    Create an outer space background for the space girl with a cratered planet, a cute spaceship, rings around the planet, stars, and a jellyfish-like alien, using layers to manage overlaps.

  • Unite2.1 Line Drawing : The Character - Face15:11

    Master line drawing of the space girl’s face by outlining with a pen, refining the eyes and eyebrows on separate layers, adjusting line weight, and adding hair and space-like items.

  • Unite2.2 Line Drawing : The Character - Torso10:01

    Draw the character's torso and clothing to guide the scene's flow. Balance and refine with a smooth line and heart motifs to emphasize curves and unity in the final outline.

  • Unite3.1 Line Drawing : The Character - Arms & Legs16:24

    Practice precise line drawing for space girl by outlining arms and legs on separate layers, refining cuffs and gloves, hands, and boots, and merging layers for a clean, proportionate finish.

  • Unite3.2 Line Drawing : The Weapon8:54

    Iterate on the space girl illustration by redesigning a toy-like water pistol, keeping it plastic, cute, and nonrealistic, while balancing lines, transparency, boots, and overall composition with clothing and environment.

  • Unite4 Line Drawing : Backpack & Boots & Hair & Earphone16:32

    Draw the backpack on the right, plan its function, use replication to keep line size, merge layers with the character, and balance boots and hair with heart-shaped earphones.

  • Unite5 Line Drawing : Goggles & Decorations of Cloth16:41

    Master Unite5 line drawing techniques to build a space girl with a waist pouch, goggles, and space creature decorations while managing layers, line thickness, and color-ready outlines.

  • Unite6.1 Line Drawing : Planets & Rocket & Mountain14:05

    Finish the girl's outline, then draw the background on a separate layer with thinner lines, add planets, craters, a rocket, and the Apollo mountain motif, and balance the composition.

  • Unite6.2 Line Drawing : Decorations of the Universe16:11

    Students learn line drawing of a space girl scene, keeping rocket, Apollo, and alien on separate layers, adding a jellyfish space creature, oden-shaped satellite, and playful space details.

  • Unite7 Coloring: Skin of the Character12:40

    Apply base coloring to the girl using selection and inverse tools, then layer shadows with multiply modes and refine skin tones and line colors for a three-dimensional anime look.

  • Unite8 Coloring: Hair & Clothes & Background9:33
  • Unite9.1 Coloring: Shadow & Highlight of the Hair17:00

    Apply base hair color, then add shadows with clipping masks to establish depth, refining with varied shadow lines and color tweaks for three-dimensional hair, plus rough highlights and reflective touches.

  • Unite9.2 Coloring: Clothes & Backpack & Planet19:34

    Color the space girl's outfit and backpack with metallic textures and dimensional shading, using base coloring, shadows, reflections, and color adjustments to achieve contrast and unity.

  • Unite10.1 Coloring: Planets & Rocket & Alien & Clothes10:57

    Block large color areas to balance the space girl scene, then color planets, rockets, aliens, and clothes on separate layers, using the eyedropper for harmonious hues and mindful shading.

  • Unite10.2 Coloring: Clothes & Weapon & Hair Decoration9:31

    Apply shading to a space girl illustration, focusing on pink clothes, weapon, and hair decorations; render rounded cylindrical shadows and silver metallic shading for cat ears.

  • Unite11.1 Coloring: Weapon & Clothes Decoration17:51

    Color the space girl's weapon and outfit using complementary tones with base color, shadows, and highlights. Add dark pink accents on the collar and choker to enhance depth and balance.

  • Unite11.2 Coloring: Clothes Decoration12:32

    Learn coloring and shading techniques for anime character outfits, adding highlights, shadows, color balance, and decorative details to create depth and vibrancy.

  • Unite12.1 Coloring: Planet & Background15:26

    Color the remaining white background, separate objects onto layers, and build depth with shadows, crater shading, and a blue gradient background for planets and lighting.

  • Unite12.2 Coloring: The Rainbow Ring10:55

    Create a rainbow ring composition around the lower right planet by duplicating, resizing, coloring, and layering rings, then adjust transparency and blending modes to balance with the girl.

  • Unite13.1 Coloring: Shadow & Highlight of the Decoration13:28

    Adjust the navy blue background, comparing greenish and purplish blues to shift mood. Layer colors, add shadows and highlights on the alien and decorations to achieve a glossy, watercolor look.

  • Unite13.2 Coloring: Planets11:28

    Learn to color and pattern planets to enhance their spherical form, using random tiger stripe patterns, color balancing with light background hues, shadows, and simple highlights for depth.

  • Unite14.1 Coloring: Eyes7:32

    Color the eye whites, outline the eyelids, add shadows and reflections, and refine the pupil to create a dimensional, balanced gaze.

  • Unite14.2 Coloring: Goggle14:42

    Color goggles in light blue, add bottom shadows, and place reflections so eyes remain visible; then switch to pink to contrast with hair and skin, and adjust reflections.

  • Unite15.1 Effects: Add Decoration12:17

    Learn to enhance the space girl illustration by adding decorative background elements—stars, quirky space objects like an egg shell and naruto, plus depth cues and color balance with shadows.

  • Unite15.2 Effects: Comet & Stars10:28

    Create a glowing shooting Naruto star with layered colors, outer glow, and space dots in pink, yellow, and pale blue to craft a dynamic space girl illustration.

  • Unite16.1 Effects: Shock Wave12:15

    Draw a bold energy beam from the weapon and unleash yellow energy waves, using new layers to prevent overlapping lines and add red and pink light.

  • Unite16.2 Effects: Stars11:40

    Add diagonal flashing lights and watercolor flashes in space, vary the angle for dynamism, place blue, yellow, and pink stars around the planet’s ring, and adjust color balance.

  • Unite17 Shadows: Background11:35

    Master the final stage of space girl illustration by deepening the background, darkening the universe and stars, refining line work, and adding layered color tweaks to create contrast and depth.

Requirements

  • You should be able to use Photoshop at a beginner level
  • It's better to have a tablet

Description

We will teach you how to draw Space Girl (宇宙少女), an illustration of Takako Inoue Sensei. 

Takako Inoue Sensei graduated from Kodansha Famous School and won multiple awards in the recent years. She has created designs and made illustrations for publisher Kodansha, japanese TV channel NHK and game producer Bandai.

This lecture consists of 17 Units within 5 Levels. In order to offer you a Top-quality experience as closely as possible with the artist, the lesson is approximately 6 hours long and allow you to follow the artist step-by-step during the process of creation while enjoying the detailed explanations and drawing tips for improving your art skills.

The artist will be drawing and explaining at the same time so you won't miss any details. As the artist is Japanese, the explanations are made in Japanese, however we have added subtitles in English so that you can understand everything.

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Who this course is for:

  • Anime Fans and Drawing Lovers
  • People who want to improve their drawing skills
  • People who want to learn the secrets of professional Japanese artists