Photoshop Illustration: Crafting and Designing Characters

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Join artist Renee di Cherri as she lets you peek under the hood of her illustration files and shows you her time-tested tricks to developing eye-catching, evocative illustrated characters in Photoshop. Discover key tools and techniques that will help you streamline your illustrations and take them to the next level.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

  • Build and save a workspace perfect for drawing
  • Build a colorful mood board for reference and inspiration for character costume pieces, fabric textures, dynamic poses, and more
  • Find and refine Photoshop brushes for perfect strokes to add textures, lighting dimensions, and tiny details that make your characters stand out
  • Quickly thumbnail unique character silhouettes to save time, and explore options, details, and poses
  • Sketch on the go with Fresco and refine your artwork in Photoshop with lossless roundtripping between the two apps

Technical Level: Intermediate

Category: Inspiration

Track: Graphic Design and Illustration

Audience: Art/Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Illustrator

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