Nowadays, a new breed of female characters and superheroes are taking the comic book world by storm with powerful storytelling and stunning visuals. Gone are the days when women in comics were portrayed only as sidekicks or love interests. You’ll get to take your painted character and enhance some of the lighting effects, play with overlaying textures, color adjustments and add super simple background and floor shadows to ground the character for that 3D effect. The author discusses every step of creating the artwork and helps to import your sketch into the digital format. You’ll cover some of the basics, such as setting up your workspace to warm-up painting exercises that will help you understand lighting, essential painting tips, and adding textures. The illustrator and character designer, Joel Santana, will walk you through his whole creative process, from the moment he scans his drawings to when he exports the finished product for printing or digital media. The combination of color, light, and texture is what brings a character to life, and, in this Domestika course, you’ll learn the techniques to master them. Adding realism and depth to a character drawing can be a real challenge for an illustrator, and it’s usually what separates a simple sketch from a full-blown character illustration.

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