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Stress Management Requires Skills: Self-Care to Beat a Slump
Class Material Details
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Class Summary Notes- Key skills for drawing appealing faces
- Poses that make the body look more natural
- Practice for drawing dynamic poses
- How to use vibrant colors
- Tips for controlling a number of colors
- Details that add a sense of rhythm
- Adjusting intensity for narrow and wide angles of view
- Creating contrast in illustrations using spaces and lines
- Creating contrast in illustrations using light and density
- How to create contrast using themes and circumstances
- Self-care routines for getting out of drawing slumps
- Strategies for commercial activities -
16 Materials for Hands-on Practice- Guide for setting up the angles of a cuboid
- Facial shapes for Clip Studio
- Brief anatomy resources
- Guide for drawing low-angle jawlines
- Guide for positioning cheeks and cheekbones
- Guide for positioning the ears
- Resources for drawing the chest, bust, legs, and hips of a female character
- Resources for drawing the back, neck, arms, chest, and bust of a male character
- Guide to the structure of hands and feet -
23 Materials for Improving Your Sense of Color- Adding detail to eye shapes
- Coloring exercises including eye reflections
- Shading techniques for emphasizing three-dimensionality
- Shading techniques for emphasizing color
- Shading techniques for emphasizing textures
- How to calculate the amount of light
- Adjusting the temperature of colors
- How to draw blurry and falling lights
- How to work with aerial perspective
- How to draw textures using highlights, reflected light, penetrating light, and diffuse light
Recommendation
Who Should Take This Class?
Beginner to intermediate learners aiming to identify and resolve issues in their artwork to enhance quality.
Learners struggling to create anime-style art due to gaps in their understanding of human anatomy.
Artists looking to develop their own style by enhancing their color sense and coloring skills.
Discover the Keys to Upgrading Your Stagnant Illustration Skills
Discover and master the fundamentals of anime-style illustration, and even learn the mindset to overcome the universal challenge of drawing slumps, all in this one class!
10+ Class Exercises
Part 1. Drawing Attractive Characters
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Drawing Faces in Different Proportions -
Drawing Heads from Various Angles -
Sharp Facial Features That Lead to Eye-Catching Faces
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Drawing Natural Poses -
Drawing Shoulders and Backs -
Drawing Body Parts That Make the Character Look More Appealing
Part 2. Creating Vibrant Colors and Lights
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How to Adjust the Temperature of Colors -
Details with Advanced Use of Color and Light -
Creating Transparency Using Textures
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Creating Perspective Chunk by Chunk -
Refining an Illustration Based on Color, Brightness, and Saturation -
Checking Your Color Palette
Part 3: Tips for Designing Eye-Catching Spaces and Depth
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How to Draw with Fake Perspective -
Setting up Objects -
How to Adjust Intensity in a Drawing
*The images above are provided as examples to illustrate the course.
Class Highlight
Identify and Improve Your Weaknesses through Self-Learning
Learn practical error notes and discover common mistakes and misunderstandings made by aspiring illustrators! These notes cover drawing basics as well as tips for setting up the composition of an illustration, serving as checklists to help you identify what's missing in your drawings and assess your skills.
A Practical Curriculum for a Natural Understanding of Theory
Instead of just making you read and memorize theory, this class offers a practice-oriented curriculum with various real-world examples and exercises, allowing you to quickly address your weaknesses. It also helps you review key theories, master all the skills you’ve learned, and fully integrate them into your practice.
Create Unique Drawings, Tailored to the Anime Art Style!
With class summary notes, key theories, hands-on exercises, and checklists, this course guides you in developing your own stylization strategies rather than imitating others.
Roadmap
Error Notes for Stylized Character Illustrations
Student Reviews
Reviews of Actual Students
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Student OO Lee (#1)With her extensive experience both teaching and in the illustration industry, the instructor can easily identify any of the students’ problems with their illustrations and offer solutions for any challenge they’re facing. Since she provided personalized explanations even for the smallest detail, I was able to trust and follow her guidance for a long time, which allowed me to quickly improve my skills and start drawing full characters. Since this class is extremely helpful for refining your basic skills, I recommend it to self-taught learners who want to improve their basic skills. -
Student OO Lee (#2)I’ve taken other instructors’ classes as well, but what I loved the most about Macciatto’s class was that she respects the art styles of her students. Instructors at most academies simply use variations of their own art styles for their classes without changing or altering them much. Macciatto, however, understands what kind of style students want to do and shows them how to do that, which really resonated with me. Since she theorizes and studies human anatomy, she is able to provide more in-depth explanations than books or YouTube tutorials do, and I found that extremely helpful. -
Student OO OhI found this class especially beneficial in that I could improve my skills without deviating from the art style I wanted. The instructor also helped me find solutions to my struggles, which was the most impressive and helpful part for me. That’s why I took her class for such a long time. She not only makes it easy to understand theory but also shows you how to draw more easily. I usually put more effort into drawing than coloring, so this helped me spend less time thinking about things and quickly improve my skills instead.
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Student OO Kim (#1)Before taking Macciatto’s class, I felt a bit disappointed in the teaching method of the class I had previously taken, so I didn’t have much expectation for her class either. However, when I talked to her and took the first lecture, I immediately knew that I finally found the curriculum I wanted, even though I had not taken that many classes before. I used to draw by simply relying on my instinct and didn’t put much thought into it, but since taking Macciatto’s class, I feel like my art now has a direction and purpose. I learn something new in every lecture—not just about drawing, but also other essential things for an artist, such as how to manage stress and daily routines. -
Student OO ChoUnlike many other instructors who simply tell you to draw like this and like that, Macciatto provides detailed guidance on why you need to draw in that specific way, as well as what you need to improve to reach your goals in the future. I felt that she was helping me master the entire process of creating the illustration I wanted, rather than just teaching coloring techniques or putting on the finishing touches. -
Student OO Kim (#2)I’ve always struggled with studying theory because I find it boring and difficult to memorize a large amount of information at once. After taking Macciatto’s class, however, theory became more enjoyable to me. She always kept the class content at a manageable amount and gave examples that made it easy to understand. After class, she’d check our work and help us understand what we got wrong or needed to improve, which allowed me to memorize the key points without even trying. If you’re struggling with theories like I used to, I highly recommend this class!
Macciatto
Illustrator
Hello, my name is Macciatto, and I’ve been a freelance illustrator for over ten years. Instead of staying in one genre, I’ve explored various areas where anime-style illustrations can be applied, such as games, animations, webtoons, VTubers, and other collaborative projects.
Five years ago, I started teaching drawing based on my field experience and expertise to help aspiring illustrators develop their skills.
I now run a YouTube channel, studio, and academy to teach illustration and achieve that goal.
I designed this class as a fundamental, hands-on guide focused on the challenges learners face, as observed through teaching numerous students over the years. My hope is that it helps many aspiring and professional artists improve their skills.
Illustrator, Macciatto
[Current]
Freelance Illustrator
CEO of Macciart Studio
Projects & Awards
[Participated Projects]
Main illustrations and concept art for the game Manasis Refrain
Character design, costume concept art, and main illustrations for the animation Shining Star
Illustrations for Million Arthur, Azur Lane, Blue Archive, SEGA, and many other games
Stories and illustrations for webtoons, cover art, and illustrations for web novels and light novels
Collaborative projects with virtual YouTubers (VTubers), Japanese companies including Kadokawa Dengeki Bunko, and many others
[Awards]
Won Silver Award at Kadokawa Dengeki Bunko Illustration Contest
Class Details
You'll Learn
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Identifying Common Mistakes in Character DrawingLearn how to apply human anatomy and 3D-drawing techniques to the anime art style and draw characters that look stylish and appealing from head to toe. -
Coloring Practice for Better Use of ColorStudy color and color principles, as well as how to work with complementary colors, arrange tones, and create contrasting and harmonious colors, discover your own color palettes, and reinforce your intuitive sense of color. -
Key Tips for Mastering the Use of Light and ColorDiscover the easiest way to improve brightness and shading techniques for emphasizing three-dimensionality and color to give a more appealing look to your illustrations by using only light and color, even without special decorations or effects.
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Creating Bright, Beautiful Textures with a Touch of TransparencyLearn about reflected light and specular reflection the easy way and understand specific rules you see with transparent colors and textures so you can give a more trendy look to your illustrations. -
Understanding and Creating Three-DimensionalityStudy not just the theoretical principles of perspective drawing but also how to perceive space and the concept of three-dimensionality, including drawing techniques based on eye level, creating a sense of distance between characters, and setting up backgrounds considering the angle of view. You will also look at various practical examples and apply them to your illustrations. -
How to Check and Improve Your IllustrationsSmall differences are the key to making your illustration really stand out! These differences also determine whether it looks stylish or more like a rough draft. Find out why your illustrations always seem lacking and how you can check and improve them.
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Curriculum
In-Depth Look
Part 01. Error Notes: Character Drawing
Part 02. Error Notes: Light and Color
Part 03. Error Notes: Composition and Three-Dimensionality
Part 04. Stress Management to Overcome Slumps
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Interview with
Illustrator, Macciatto
Required Programs
This course will use
- Clip Studio Paint 2.2.1 (English version)
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