Character Design: Tutorial

Here is a quick Character Design: Tutorial that I put together for a friend of mine. He’s kinda new to the vector scene so I thought I’d help him out a bit. It’s pretty basic and cheezy but gets the job done! (At least for me) Anyway, Enjoy – S

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“No More!”

This tutorial will demonstrate the process I used to complete this particular project “No More”, shown below. I hope that it’s informative.

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Step 1
I start by scanning the pencil sketch into Photoshop. After scanning is complete I start to clean up the image a bit by taking out some of the unwanted smudges that are left by your hands while drawing. I then proceed to title the layer “Line Art”, then apply the “Multiply” filter in the Layers Palette and finally lock the layer.

Step 2
I then create a new layer below the “Line Art” layer and title it “Base Colors”. I then lay down the based colors for each section. This step gives me a basic idea of the final composition.

Step 3
Then I create another layer above the “Base Colors” layer and title it “Shading”, then apply the “Multiply” filter. I then begin to pull the mid-tones together and start to give the picture some depth.

Step 4
I now start to pull some of the darker values out by defining the shadow areas. Create yet another layer above the “Shading” layer and title it “Shadows”. Try to stay away from straight black by using a mixture of deeper primary colors. This will help you to not make the image muddy.

Step 5
After I have established my shadow areas I start to fill in my detail areas and highlights. These will help in adding even more depth to the illustration. I added a black eye, hand marks and redness to the skin to show that he had been abused. The highlights that I added helped emphasis that the boys skin was sweety.

Step 6
To finish off the illustration I play with the “Hue and Saturation” a bit. Sometimes they can take your illustration in a completely different direction. In the case of this image I like the way it made the boy look frightened and worn down. Almost as though he had been beaten or pushed to his breaking point.

Progression of “SPARTA”

Here is the step-by-step progression of “SPARTA”. Enjoy – S

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Progression of “The Lord of the Underworld”

This illustration shows the step-by-step progression of “The Lord of the Underworld” illustration that I did for the CGtalk: Open Figure Drawing Workshop #21. Enjoy – S