Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation

Illustrate your vision of the future by creating unique characters filled with color, texture, and patterns using both analog and digital tools

• Introduction
• First Steps
• Creating the Character
• The Work in Digital
• Post-production
• Final project

“I love telling stories through character creation. Their characteristics and looks can say a lot about the world they live in.”

Illustrator Max Prentis combines both analog and digital tools to draw futuristic characters filled with color and texture. He has collaborated with brands like Nike, Intel, and Avex and shares his work with over 130K followers on Instagram.

In this online course, he teaches you the backbones of conceptualizing a character, and drafting both objects and people through mixed media. Learn how to combine traditional drawing techniques with the digital tools of Photoshop to bring protagonists from your imagination to life on the page. Create character-focused illustrations that reveal your vision of the future.

• About Me
• Influences
• Tools and How to Use Them
• Observational Drawing
• Understanding How to Draw People 1
• Understanding How to Draw People 2
• The Inking Process
• Coming up with a Character Concept
• The Thumbnail Sketch
• Refined Draft and Character Pose 1
• Refined Draft and Character Pose 2
• The Linework
• Digitizing the Drawing from Photos
• Refining the Linework
• Finding the Color Palette 1
• Finding the Color Palette 2
• Adding Objects
• Effects and Colors
• The Importance of the Community
• Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation