Character Design & Digital Art Demo in Adobe Illustrator (Udemy.com)
Learn character design and digital art painting in Adobe Illustrator
Created by: Michael Austin
Last updated September 2017
What you will learn
- Digital paint in Adobe Illustrator
- Design a lighting and color palette for your characters
- Design complex textures easily in Adobe Illustrator
- How to create brushes that effectively allow you to paint details Adobe Illustrator
How it compares
Against the other 100 rated Udemy courses in Illustrator on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 4% of them
- Reviews166#54 of 101 by number of reviews
- Length1.6 hoursshorter than 84% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2017earlier than 80% of them
Course Description
Resolution free digital art!
Are you looking to start your career as a character designer? Are you looking for a way to hone your digital art skills? In this course, you will learn how to digital paint in Adobe Illustrator. I'll walk you through the entire process from start to finish.
The techniques I'm using in this video series can be carried over into many other painting applications. The methods I'm using are particular to Adobe Illustrator. This video will focus primarily on how to digital paint in the broadest sense so we can apply the knowledge to any other process as we see fit.
Digital painting in Adobe Illustrator allows you to adapt your character designs for many uses and sizes. Since vectors are scalable and do not pixelate when resized.
Just imagine the implications.
In this course, you will learn:
- how to get started digital painting
- how to create brushes
- how to build line art and texture
- how to work with highlights and shadows
- how to develop a value scale with vectors
- and much more!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who wants to learn the secrets of digital painting in Adobe Illustrator
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
166 Reviews
Michael Austin
I have more than ten years experience working with character designs, illustrations, and game art. I specialize in digital painting, vector art, 2-D animation, and concept art. I will break down the creative process for you in easy to follow and digestible steps, that will allow you to apply your newfound skills immediately.
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Reviews
By Devarious
I loved the lighting techniques used in this piece.
By Amandaponce
I love the lighting section of the course. Good stuff.
By Darrel
This course really opened my eyes to Adobe Illustrator!
By Jamie faulkner
Doesn’t really go into detail
By Anisa Prohic
Amazing.
By Drake A
The course is very informative, dealing with Adobe illustrator functionalities and vector creation techniques.
Don't let the short time-span of 1 hour fool you. Michael does a great job at explaining the key points and yet keeping the course concise and quickly review able, giving you more time to practice the techniques.
You can sense a helpful, guiding vibe throughout the course through his narration. He also resolved a query of mine with a video example.
Much appreciated!
Looking forward to learning more from his courses!
By Fernando Carreiro
Although the subject matter was great, the instructor also needs to be mindful of some of the technical aspects of video course production:
• Check spelling for a more professional outlook, as there were some mistakes like “Intrest” and “Corecting” (should be “Interest” and “Correcting”).
• Use a Head Microphone for more constant volume and to prevent voice distortion.
• Normalize the overall volume, especially with music and overdubs so that we don't have to constantly keep adjusting the volume knob on our end.
By Vicente Vega
Its a bit hasty and not very explanatory
By Armstrong
porque estou aprendendo uma técnica nova
By Petey Hann
Excellent Tutorial Mike! learn a lot about line drawing, cell shading and edge highlight! Keep this coming!
By Ahmet Türkmen
Man, it's so little courses. We can pay for 25 Turkish Lira and u publish 35 courses and 2 character designed. Maybe u can so much more character design this course. But still beautiful, have a good day!
By Charles Richardson
I picked up an interesting technique that I intend to put into practice.
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Overall Score : 82 / 100








