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Stylization Balancing Techniques for Achieving Ideal Character Proportions
If you follow references exactly but your character proportions still look off, this class is for you. Learn accurate male anatomy form, structure, and proportion, from veteran illustrator Solmuk, and discover the ideal stylization that fits your personal drawing style. Complete expressive, aesthetically balanced characters with confidence.
Character Expression Techniques that Add Aesthetic Appeal: From Face to Full Body
Discover the secrets behind illustrations that truly move the viewer. Practice drawing character faces and bodies that shift with age, personality, and style. By working through boy, young adult, and middle-aged character studies, you’ll learn the expressive elements that bring unique emotion and depth to each character.
That One Detail That Elevates Your Art: Tips for Drawing Hands, Clothing, and Effects
A collection of tricky but essential details in character illustration, too awkward to skip, yet challenging to draw. Learn to depict hands, clothing, and effects with nuance and precision. Design hand shapes that match your character’s emotions and situation, and practice rendering various fabric types and visual effects to bring your illustrations to life.
Color Theory & Rendering Techniques for Adding Depth Through Light and Color Inference
Master color expression and painting techniques tailored for digital illustration. Study a clean, essential breakdown of light and color theory, and learn how to systematically analyze them. Gain Solmuk’s unique method for inferring the right colors based on value, saturation, and temperature.
A Complete Photo Study Guide: From Reference Analysis to Brushwork and Rendering
Enhance your observation, form understanding, and expressive skills through a structured photo study workflow. Learn how to analyze and interpret your subject, understand shapes and planes, and apply that knowledge through effective brush control. Master the full process, from reference analysis to final coloring with practical techniques that solve the most common struggles in photo studies.
Intense Training Ahead: A Deep-Dive Curriculum with 40 Practical Exercises
Experience a practice-heavy curriculum built around 40 essential exercises. Learn head-shape variations tailored to four character types, emotion-based facial expressions, full-body forms across six angles and perspectives, and muscle details shaped by eight different lighting directions. A nonstop training program designed to guarantee growth.
**Class release dates and content are subject to change without prior notice.
- Section 01
Intro
01. Introduction- Brief introduction and summary
02. Mindset- A sense of balance - A mindset that allows you to continue studying
- Section 02
A collection of useful basics to know
03. Skeleton, Muscles, and Human Body Simplification- Basic knowledge of the human body
04. Ideal body shape with deformation & simple croquis- Observe the differences according to various body types - Understand the balance of proportions by applying stylization - Design natural movement through simple croquis
05. Light and Color Theory- The three elements of color - The difference between digital and hand-painted colors - About complementary colors - How to efficiently divide color levels
06. Data Collection & Subjective Taste Notes- The importance of exploring your tastes - How to connect your tastes to your studies
- Section 03
Basic training in drawing and coloring to maximize the appeal of male characters.
07. Head and Face 01- Understanding the structure of the head - Understanding the features by simplifying the structure of the head - Understanding the facial proportions and features that change with age
08. Head and Face 02- Head design for a boy character with a lively personality - Head design for a young man with a soft impression - Head design for a young man with a strong impression - Head design for a middle-aged character with a sharp impression - Practice with 4 types of heads
09. Head and Face 03- Choose a character you like and draw various facial expressions - Practice 4 types of character facial expressions: smile, anger, sadness, surprise
10. Torso 01- Understand the overall shape by drawing the torso from various angles.
11. Torso 02- Understand the details and curves of the human body by moving light in different directions.
12. Torso 03- Highlighting the characteristics of various body types - [Demonstration] How to add charm to male characters
13. Hand 01- Basic structure of the hand - Understanding the characteristics of the hand by simplifying the structure
14. Hand 02- Hand design with a simple style - Hand design with a masculine feel - Hand design with long and soft fingers - Rough hand design with a sense of experience - 4 hand examples for practice
15. Hand 03- Learn about the various details that make up an attractive hand - Practice 4 examples of hands for different situations: gestures during a conversation, hands holding a book, hands lightly interlocked, hands holding an object, etc.
16. Men's top- Expression of suit jacket, dress shirt, and leather jacket
17. Men's bottoms- Expression of suit pants, jeans, shorts, sportswear, and training clothes
18. Men's Shoes and Accessories- Shoes, belts, corsets, etc.
19. Frequently used effect expressions 01- Fire (lighter, neon sign) - Smoke
20. Frequently used effect expressions 02- Water (rainwater, waves)
- Section 04
Photographic Imitation Study
21. Data observation- Overall light and color analysis - Simplify the surface to efficiently analyze the color palette
22. Color inference- Applying basic theory to infer colors close to the data
23. Photographic Imitation Demonstration 01: Understanding and Using Brushes- Brush touch approach according to light, color, and shape - Brush application according to situation
24. Photographic Imitation Demonstration 02: Male Upper Body Imitation Practice- Mockup demonstration - Male upper body photo mockup practice
- Section 05
Applied Modeling In-Depth Study
25. Imitation Demonstration 01- More efficient application of theory - Copying by changing the color palette - Detail and edge management
26. Mockup Demonstration 02- Try applying a different color palette to a photo of a male upper body.
27. Mockup Demonstration 03
This course will use Adobe Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint EX.
Please purchase and install these program(s) for an optimized chapter experience.
*These programs and/or materials will not be provided with the chapter.
