Overview
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Artist and teacher Leigh Ann Rooney will guide you through the basics of creating a character suitable for a children’s book, comic, or whatever else your imagination can think up!
This course covers the foundations of creating a digitally painted character in Adobe Photoshop. We will go over each step of the process from picking an animal and designing your character to creating a finished image that can be sent to a client or added to a background.
No experience with Photoshop or traditional painting needed.
Don’t be intimidated by Photoshop - you got this!
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- Designing a character: stylizing an animal
- Using Photoshop brushes for a painterly effect
- Mixing and blending colors
- Adding texture and dimension
Materials you’ll need:
- Adobe Photoshop
- Drawing pen tablet such as Wacom Intuos (optional but helpful)
- Paper and pencil, charcoal, and/or ink (optional)
Link to my beginner Photoshop class: http://skl.sh/2luAtTF
Link to my digital textures: https://crmrkt.com/jyOlWb
