Drawing Good and Evil Comic Book Characters
Offered By: LinkedIn Learning
Course Description
Overview
Learn how to draw comic book characters—villains and superheroes alike—in these simple drawing tutorials from Ben Bishop.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files and what you should know
- Everything is shapes: Establishing proper proportions
- Choosing your lines
- Building a character profile
- Research and reference
- Roughing out the faces
- Shaping the personality
- Eye options
- Eye expressions
- Nose and mouth options
- Fine-tuning the character's details
- Various builds for character development
- Exaggerating details to communicate personality
- Clothing the hero
- Clothing the villain
- Developing props and gadgets
- Does the prop need a story?
- Exploring different poses
- Changes and improvements
- Inking the bad guy's face
- Inking the bad guy's costume
- Inking the bad guy's body
- Inking the bad guy's staff and adding line weight
- Inking the good guy's face
- Inking the good guy's costume
- Inking the good guy's accessories and adding line weight
- Next steps
Taught by
Ben Bishop
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