Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop
How to Draw a Portrait
A course by Martina Hoffmann, Freelance Illustrator, Art Director, and Producer
Joined May 2021
Joined May 2021
About the video: How to Draw a Portrait
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll start by showing you the materials I love to work with the most. Then I'll show you a method to construct a head in front view. ”
In this video lesson Martina Hoffmann addresses the topic: How to Draw a Portrait, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop. Discover how to draw creative characters and bring portraits to life with animated elements.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to draw a portrait Now I will explain to you the basics of portrait drawing. I'll explain how to construct a face. All you need is pen and paper. I prefer to work with a non-slip paper. I prefer to use a blue colored pencil for sketching, a soft and a hard colored pencil, a plasticine, I prefer to use kneadable rubber they pick up the graphite nicely from the pencil, and a sharpener. We start with a frontal view of the face. The great thing about portrait drawing is that the right tools exist for this. The face can be divided into geometric shapes and it follows certain proportions that...”
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Course summary for: Animated Portrait Illustration with Photoshop
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration
Martina Hoffmann
A course by Martina Hoffmann
Martina Hoffmann is a Berlin-based freelance illustrator, art director, and producer of animated advertisements and short films with more than 15 years of experience. She is passionate about art in all its forms, which is reflected by the broad range of illustration styles, artistic approaches, and mediums she uses to create her projects, each with their own visual language.
She has collaborated with advertising agencies, children's publishers, and organizations in the scientific, educational, and social fields. Her animated productions are fully independent, meaning she designs and animates each piece from start to finish. Since 2005, she has been promoting her illustrations as self-published postcards, prints, and calendars through the organization Stift & Papier.
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