Capturing the Essence of a Character in Photoshop
In this collection of lessons, we will learn how to capture the essence of a character based on their backstory and then execute it in a final character concept. Software required: Photoshop CS5 and up.
What you'll learn
In this collection of lessons, we will learn how to capture the essence of a character based on their backstory and then execute it in a final character concept. We will begin this process by taking a look at the character bio and learning a bit about our character. After exploring the detailed information we have been supplied with, we will get started by first learning about a few areas that are critical to successfully capturing our character's essence. We will learn about the importance of her anatomy, pose, hairstyle, and wardrobe. After a few quick explorations in each of these areas, we will get started in painting our final character concept from start to finish. After completing this course, you should have some great ideas on how you can create more effective and appealing character designs. Software required: Photoshop CS5 and up.
Table of contents
- Character Back Story 8m
- Character Anatomy and Pose 10m
- Exploring Hair Styles for Our Character 9m
- Exploring Wardrobe Options for Our Character 13m
- Beginning the Final Character Concept 10m
- Continuing to Block in Shapes for Clothing 10m
- Beginning to Bring out the Volume in the Initial Shapes 10m
- Beginning to Add Detail to the Character's Vest 11m
- Continuing to Add Detail to the Character's Vest 11m
- Adding Detail to the Character's Undershirt and Utility Belt 11m
- Continuing to Add Detail to the Character's Utility Belt 11m
- Detailing the Belt Buck and Ammunition Magazines 11m
- Beginning to Detail the Character's Pants 12m
- Adding Detail to the Character's Pants Pocket and Holster 10m
- Beginning to Detail Wrinkles in the Character's Pants 11m
- Continuing to Detail Wrinkles in the Character's Pants 11m
- Beginning to Detail the Character's Right Boot 11m
- Continuing to Detail the Character's Right Boot 11m
- Finishing the Detail in the Character's Right Boot 11m
- Beginning to Detail the Character's Left Boot 10m
- Continuing to Detail the Character's Left Boot 11m
- Finishing the Character's Left Boot and Pants Around the Boots 10m
- Painting Throwing Knives and Final Tweaks 12m
- Adding Final Shadows and Specular Highlights 15m
About the author
Eddie began teaching creative professionals over ten years ago for Digital Tutors. In 2014 Digital Tutors was acquired by Pluralsight and he continued his focus on creating high quality training for artists in both the film and games industries. With a background in graphic design and illustration Eddie has always been focused on visual appeal. This can be seen through his courses in which he shares secrets for achieving production level quality for concept art, illustrations, textures, mater... more