Introduction to Drawing Characters

Introduction to Drawing Characters

In this first lesson, we'll give you a basic idea on how we create illustrations

We'll use this image as reference

Sketch!You may trace as a beginner and it's okay to be messy!

Hardware and Software
I use a program called Krita and a Huion graphics tablet to draw digitally. But I usually draw with oldschool paper and pencil. (and then scan.)

Clean up the lines!
On a separate layer, draw above your sketch. You dont need to be exact, just clean.

Apply base colors On a layer below the lines, I used the lasso select tool and the fill tool to do the base colors.

Apply shadows
Looking at the reference, I imitate the lighting with simple cel shading. More on this in the future.

Lastly, add highlights and we're done!