01. Orientation- Meet your instructor and learn about the overview of this class

02. Drawing as a Tool to Share Your Personal Ideas with Others- Your own unique visual language - Your life experiences and surroundings shape your ideas and strengths!

03. Visualizing the Final Illustration in Your Head- Thinking about which emotion and which mood you would like to achieve - How specific moods can be achieved - Painting the illustration in your head before everything else

04. Visualization Practice- Take time to imagine figures and then draw their silhouette

05. Composition and Rhythm- Simplifying elements into basic abstract shapes - Repeating shapes to create rhythm and order - Arranging values to create frames, guiding lines, and creating focal points

06. Let References Inspire You!- Finding references that support your idea - Real-life experiences are the best reference!

07. Thumbnail Sketching- Why thumbnail sketches are a great way to visualize your idea very quickly - Developing your base idea further with different composition ideas - Iterating a sketch for a more ideal composition

08. Basic Light and Shadow Composition- Deciding on which light situation would fit your scene - Creating different focal points with light and shadow - Adding values makes it easier to recognize problems in your composition!

09. Types of Perspective and Their Use- Discussing 4 different main types of perspective rules that are usually used for drawing - Which kind of perspective to use in which situation

10. Perspective Practice- Using a perspective grid as a guideline - Drawing basic scenes for all 4 types of perspective

11. Constructing the Background of Our Illustration- Using the thumbnail sketch we constructed for the scene of your illustration

12. Drawing the Three-Dimensional Anime-Style Head- Realistic proportions vs. Stylized proportions - Understanding the 3D form - Understanding the three-dimensional form of the eyes

13. Drawing the Three-Dimensional Figure- Realistic proportions vs. Stylized proportions - Simplifying the body into easily understandable forms

14. Gesture Drawing- Planning the gesture with dynamic stick figures - The composition within the figure itself - Emotion expressed with gesture

15. Drawing Fabric and Hair- Using a naked mannequin we've created & cloaking it in hair and clothing - Simplifying hair strands and draping them onto the head

16. Constructing and Dressing Our Character- Applying the things learned above to our main illustration

17. Light and Color- Light, color, and emotions - The usage of complementary colors - Monotone palette with accent color

18. Materials and Their Specularity- Explaining specularity in general - Demonstrating how specularity looks like on different materials

19. Direct, Diffuse, and Indirect Light- Showing the shadow and reflection behavior under direct light - Showing the shadow and reflection behavior under diffuse light - Explaining indirect light that reflects off other objects

20. Composing Your Values in Black & White- Using our detailed sketch we define our lighting and composition more accurately! - Simplifying shadow and light masses of the background - Composing light and shadow on the character for an appealing result

21. Adding Color- Applying colors onto the black & white sketch (via the “color layer”) - Painting over the sketch and refining some of our color choices even more

22. Linework as a Part of the Shading- Types of Linework - Showing depth with lines - Integrating lines into the shading

23. Painting Stylized Materials- Painting examples for different materials

24. Painting Stylized Hair- Demonstrating how to shade and color appealing hair

25. Lining- Drawing the final linework for the character and background

26. Painting the Final Illustration- Using all the preparations we've made to go in and render the final image - Creating appealing shadow and light shapes - Balancing saturation levels to make objects pop out - Integrating linework into the shading - Efficiently creating masks for the rendering process - Arranging and grouping layers for an efficient work process

27. My Personal View on Becoming an Artist- A path of passion - Career advice