Artist and teacher Leigh Ann Rooney will guide you through the basics of creating a character suitable for a children’s book, comic, or whatever else your imagination can think up!

This course covers the foundations of creating a digitally painted character in Adobe Photoshop. We will go over each step of the process from picking an animal and designing your character to creating a finished image that can be sent to a client or added to a background.

No experience with Photoshop or traditional painting needed.

Don’t be intimidated by Photoshop - you got this!

Here’s what we’ll cover:

Designing a character: stylizing an animal
Using Photoshop brushes for a painterly effect
Mixing and blending colors
Adding texture and dimension

Materials you’ll need:

Adobe Photoshop
Drawing pen tablet such as Wacom Intuos (optional but helpful)
Paper and pencil, charcoal, and/or ink (optional)

Link to my beginner Photoshop class: http://skl.sh/2luAtTF
Link to my digital textures: https://crmrkt.com/jyOlWb

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