CHARACTER PORTRAITS
Skill Level: Intermediate | Instructor: Clint Cearley | Duration: 8 lessons with assignments
COURSE LAUNCHES MAY 28th
You love the subject of characters but your faces are missing something
Does this sound familiar?
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The structure and proportion of the head is a struggle
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Your values and shading don't feel believable
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The topic of design feels vague
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Choosing the colors and lighting is confusing
I'm Clint Cearley, and I'll be your teacher
A veteran illustrator with experience working with projects such as Magic: The Gathering, D&D, Smite, Artifact, and Fantasy Flight Games. Clint also served as a Senior Art Supervisor with Blizzard, and currently serves as the Art Director of Swatches Studio. Trained in traditional and digital media, Clint has extensive experience teaching foundational and advanced art.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Anatomy & Proportions
Skintones
Creating Character Variety
Design in Portraits
Shading Faces
Painting Characters
Character portraits are a hireable industry skill and stepping stone to full character illustrations but many artists struggle to execute them at a professional level. In this class we'll start by covering the components, such as drawing the standard portrait and modifying reference, then pull together the lessons into two finished character portraits.
FEATURES YOU WANT
Targeted Worksheets
Start practicing right away with the lesson worksheets that have examples and references ready for you. Perfect for the busy artist.
Online Convenience
With the lesson videos being hosted on the site, no downloading and storing of large video files is necessary.
All Content, No Filler
Every lesson and assignment has been streamlined to the most critical points in order to help you improve as quickly as possible.
PROCESS
01
Get the Course
Choose either the standard self-study version or the premium version with feedback (if available). If this is your first course at Academy, you'll be prompted to create a site profile during the checkout process.
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Start the Lessons
After logging into your site profile, watch the lesson videos, download the provided assignment files, and complete the assignment worksheets.
03
Show on Art
Share your new characters made during the class on the private Group page with the other participants, and post your characters on your socials!
Before
After
Student Verena Biskup art before and after the course
FAQ
Do I need prior digital painting experience? Yes, this course is designed on the assumption that participants already have familiarity with their digital painting program. Having basic drawing skills is helpful as this course is Intermediate level and does not cover basic drawing.
How much time do the lessons take to complete? Each lesson video is 35-55 minutes, and it should take 10-15 hours to adequately complete each of the 8 lesson assignments.
Do I have to use Photoshop, can I use a different program? While this course is designed to work best if the student uses Adobe Photoshop as their painting program, it can be completed in other programs as long as the chosen program can open and use PSD format. This may make the process more cumbersome than is necessary, but should be possible.
PROGRESSION
Before this Course
Participants should already know how foundational drawing and painting, and be know their digital art program.
Form Drawing for foundational drawing
Form Rendering for believable shading and painting
Digital Painting Basics to learn how to paint in Photoshop
This Course
Designed for Intermediate artists who may be able to copy a portrait from reference but struggle to construct believable imaginative faces.
After this Course
Skills from Character Portraits will build directly into:
Character Illustration where you'll draw and illustrate an entire character (without background)
Intro to Character Design go the concept art direction and create a full character design sheet
Fantasy Illustration illustrate a full character scene with background
READY TO GET STARTED?
There are two options for this course, the self-study and the premium version with feedback; which both use the same recorded lessons and course files. The premium version with live instructor feedback is offered seasonally.
IMPORTANT INFO: Preparation and Specs so you're ready to start. By registering for the course with feedback, you are agreeing to follow our common sense Code of Conduct.
BONUS ($50 value): Everyone who registers for this course (both self-study and feedback versions) gain access to the Custom Career & Portfolio Strategy Kit to help create a time-saving art career plan, and dynamic portfolio.