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Drawing Expressions for a Stylized Character in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, we will further develop our stylized female character concept by drawing some of her expressions. Software required: Photoshop CS5.

Eddie Russell - Pluralsight course - Drawing Expressions for a Stylized Character in Photoshop
by Eddie Russell

What you'll learn

In this Photoshop tutorial, we will further develop our stylized female character concept by drawing some of her expressions. We'll get started by taking a look at each of the features on a face and learning about how they can be drawn to communicate a variety of different expressions. Next we will start slow and remove the problems of perspective from the equation by learning how to draw our expressions on a profile of our character. From here, we'll move on and learn how to draw the same expressions on a 3/4 view of the character. Lastly, we will spend some time learning how a character's body language can be used in conjunction with their facial expression to really help communicate their emotions. After completing this course, you'll have a good idea how to further develop your characters by exploring how their expressions might change depending on the situation. Software required: Photoshop CS5.

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Eddie Russell - Pluralsight course - Drawing Expressions for a Stylized Character in Photoshop
Eddie Russell

Eddie is a content producer for Unity as well as a seasoned shading, texturing, lighting and rendering artist. He takes pride in helping creative professionals reach their learning goals.

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