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Building Illustrations With Clear Intent
By first defining what you want to draw and why, you’ll learn how to construct illustrations that serve a clear purpose.
This process helps clarify your goal and teaches you how to move step by step toward a strong final result.
Composition That Communicates What You Want to Say
Through multiple examples, you’ll learn how to make your message and creative intent more explicit.
This section focuses on turning “what you want to convey” into compositions that read clearly and powerfully at a glance.
Space, Perspective, and Figure Drawing Fundamentals
Learn how to apply perspective to create convincing space, understand human anatomy, and place figures correctly within a scene.
These fundamentals allow your illustrations to feel grounded, balanced, and believable.
Using Light and Color to Elevate Your Illustration
You’ll begin by understanding the relationship between light and color, how to apply them effectively, and how colors influence mood and perception.
From there, you’ll learn practical coloring and palette-building techniques for illustration.
Simplifying and Streamlining the Illustration Process
By leveraging the functions of digital drawing tools, you’ll learn how to simplify complex elements such as characters, backgrounds, and lighting.
This section focuses on improving efficiency without sacrificing visual quality.
A Sustainable Approach to Creating High-Quality Illustrations
Through live demonstrations, you’ll learn the key considerations, workflows, and decision-making processes needed when drawing illustrations.
By establishing a reliable method, you’ll be able to continue producing diverse, high-quality illustrations over time.
**Class release dates and content are subject to change without prior notice.
**This course is available in Traditional Chinese with auto-generated English subtitles.
**All course materials are available in Traditional Chinese only.
- Section 01
Theme and Course: The Art of Drawing
01. Course Theme and Objectives- About the course's theme and objectives - What makes a good illustration? - About commercial illustration
02. The first half of the course- Regarding the environment for drawing work - Progress of Sections 02 to 07
- Section 02
Sketching: Imagination and Construction
03. Exporting Inspiration and Organizing Methods- Combination methods for various purposes - Training methods for generating inspiration and constructing images
04. Composition and its methods- Elements of Illustration - Basic Composition - Other Compositions and Groups - Compositions in Various Formats
05. Try drawing a sketch.- Sketches for creating this illustration
- Section 03
Sketch and Base Map 1: In-depth exploration of the worldview and story
06. Explain the basics of perspective and how to use it.- The basics of perspective and its principles and terminology - Types of perspective - Applications of perspective
07. The basics of practicing perspective and the application of perspective.- Use perspective to draw sketches in practice
08. Basics and Drawing Methods for Characters- Drawing figures using skeletal and muscular structures - Methods for drawing men and women and their physical differences - Drawing faces - Drawing from different angles
09. Character and World Design- Drawing shapes to convey the concept - Methods of character and background design
10. Draw the characters and background.- Draw sketches of characters and backgrounds during the actual production.
- Section 04
Sketch and base map 2: Giving color to the colorful world
11. The Foundations and Exploration of Light- The fundamentals of light and how we see things - Direct reflection (specular reflection) and divergent reflection - The representation and application of light and shadow
12. The basics and examination of color- The relationship between light and color, and how to view color - The effect of light on color
13. Color perception and color matching- The feeling conveyed by color - Multiple color combinations and color matching methods
14. Addition of color and light- Coloring the sketch and adding light
- Section 05
Line drawing and parts: Color blocks, simplifying the world
15. The methods and awareness of drawing line drawings- Give lines personality with brushes - Draw lines that capture the feeling of light and form
16. Functional usage method when separating parts- Think in sections and simplify - Advantages of color schemes and separation - Introduce convenient features
17. Line drawing - Parts: Create color blocks- Line drawing - Methods for creating color blocks for different parts
- Section 06
Coloring and Drawing: Constructing a World
18. How to use the character coloring method and compositing mode function.- Use compositing mode to color and create textures - Color characters in-game
19. Depict the background and adjust the amount of information.- Based on the methods of depicting backgrounds - Depicting backgrounds in practice
20. Depicting and Overall Adjustment- Tasks involving drawing and overall adjustments
- Section 07
Presentation and Closing: Making it more engaging
21. Effects creation and overall adjustments- A method for depicting the environment and atmosphere - Effects creation and overall adjustments
22. Use Photoshop features to finish.- Utilizing Photoshop's features for image processing - Finishing techniques for creating a uniquely charming illustration - Finalizing a drawing task
- Section 08
End of course
23. Final comments and words to the students- Enjoy the completed illustration - Course conclusion and closing remarks
This course will use
- CLIP STUDIO PAINT
- Adobe Photoshop
Please purchase and install these program(s) for an optimized class experience.
*These programs and/or materials will not be provided with the course.
