illustrator,muksal_KR Details
In-Depth Look
- SECTION 01
Organizing Your Thoughts before Drawing
1. What kind of illustration should you draw?- Opened up a canvas but don’t know what to draw? Recommended direction for beginners - The importance of defining your goal and intention in drawing good illustrations - Secrets to boosting your creativity: collecting good images and data
2. What should you study first?- The art of selection and focus for self-learning/beginner illustrators who don’t know where to start - How to adjust the amount and quality of study
- SECTION 02
Drawing Various Male Faces
3. Drawing proportions and facial shapes in anime to semi-realistic styles- Drawing anime-style faces of younger characters - Drawing anime-style faces of adult characters - Drawing mature-looking faces in the semi-realistic style
4. Varying male characters’ looks based on personality and mood 1: soft-looking characters- Characteristics of puppy-face male characters and how to draw them - Characteristics of beautiful male characters and two ways to draw them - How to draw celebrity-like, youthful male characters
5. Varying male characters’ looks based on personality and mood 2: strong-looking characters- Characteristics of noir-style male characters and how to draw them - How to draw anime-style male characters with bad-boy looks - How to draw confident, nonchalant-looking male characters
6. Drawing faces from various angles- Exploring male faces from different angles - Drawing faces from different angles
7. Understanding the 3D shapes of the face and head using light and shadow- Adding black-and-white shadow to the face based on light position - Adding light to the face using the skin color
- SECTION 03
Drawing Attractive Male Characters
8. Drawing the hands of male characters- Characteristics of attractive male hands and how to draw them
9. Key points in drawing male characters’ muscles, picked by Muksal- Muscles in different parts of male characters - How to draw the form of muscles
10. Drawing muscles for male characters with different physiques- Small, thin physiques - Physiques with lean muscles - Physiques with bulk muscles
11. How to study clothing folds and apply them in practice- Drawing based on image references - Applying what you practiced to your creations
12. Tips for drawing good croquis- Tips for effective croquis drawing - Demonstration of drawing croquis
- SECTION 04
Styling Hair, from Drawing to Coloring
13. Drawing hairstyles- Understanding the sectioned structure of hair - Drawing smooth-looking hair - Drawing half-swept hair - Drawing side-part hair - Drawing anime-style, flipped-out hair
14. Three-Dimensional Hair Coloring Methods- Positioning main lights to create a 3D look - Adding shadow to hair based on light position - Characteristics of hair highlights and how to draw them
15. Drawing with images- Tips for drawing based on images - Drawing demonstration
- SECTION 05
Basics of Light and Shadow
16. The theory of light and how to apply it- What is the theory of light? - Applying theory to your creations: positioning lighting, setting up ambient color, and predicting reflected light
17. Creating a 3D look with shadows- Names and characteristics of shadows - How to draw form shadows, from soft-shaped to sharp-shaped ones - How to draw cast shadows, explained with shapes
18. Useful tips for utilizing natural light- Coloring characters under a midday sun - Coloring characters under a setting sun - Coloring characters under nighttime lights
19. Customizing moods with artificial light- Coloring backgrounds with neon signs and characters - Coloring soft indoor lights and characters - Coloring strong polaroid lights and characters - Coloring custom color lights and characters
20. Drawing black-and-white croquis in practice- Why draw black-and-white croquis? - Things to note when drawing black-and-white croquis - Demonstration of drawing black-and-white croquis
- SECTION 06
Composition of Character Illustrations
21. How to plan an illustration- Elements of an illustration - Idea sketching - How to get your inspiration back - Collecting references after sketching
22. Keys to Creating Eye-Catching Compositions- Key points of eye-catching illustrations - Simple ways to split the screen to catch the viewer’s eye - How to grab attention using objects and silhouettes
23. How to use angles for composition- Setting up compositions - Characteristics and examples of eye-level compositions - Characteristics and examples of high-angle compositions - Characteristics and examples of low-angle compositions
- SECTION 07
How to Set up Half-Body Compositions
24. How to set up perfect half-body compositions- Advantages of half-body compositions - Regarding facial expressions - Positioning a character on a vertical canvas - Positioning a character on a horizontal canvas - Building a habit of analyzing compositions
- SECTION 08
Drawing Dynamic Illustrations
25. Elements that express movement- Exploring elements that add a sense of movement to illustrations - Diagonal/curved compositions that create a sense of movement - Silhouettes of objects that form movement on the screen
26. Demonstration of drawing dynamic illustrations 1: setting up light and contrast in brightness in the rough draft- Planning a dynamic half-body illustration - Setting up light and contrast in brightness in the colored rough draft
27. Demonstration of drawing dynamic illustrations 2: line art, base color, preliminary shading- Tips for drawing line art - Applying base colors - Adding preliminary shading
28. Demonstration of drawing dynamic illustrations 3: coloring- Changing colors after preliminary shading - Refining borders of shading - Adding additional details
29. Demonstration of drawing dynamic illustrations 4: details that boost quality and the correction process- How to improve the quality of details - Final color correction - My go-to correction methods
- SECTION 09
A Message to Illustration Learners
30. Watch this when you want to improve your illustration- When you want to seek help from this video - The relationship between illustrations and your mental strength/mindset - Regarding social media and self-confidence