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How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Lifetime Access
In this nine hour course Paris illustrates four characters (two heroes and two villains) to demonstrate the techniques he uses to create the initial design, then to convey motion and expression.
Module 1 | The Faces | |
This first session focuses on designing the face. You’ll get an insight into the creation process of both the macho and overweight characters and gain an understanding of the head shape and features that are needed to develop your own characters. | ||
Unit 1 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Assets | |
Unit 2 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 1 | |
Unit 3 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 2 | |
Module 2 | The Library | |
Session two concentrates on building a library of facial features for your characters. You’ll learn how to create different eyes, eye shapes, noses, ears and mouths to convey the right feel for your soft-hearted or brutish creations. | ||
Unit 1 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 3 | |
Unit 2 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 4 | |
Module 3 | Understanding the Bodies | |
In this session you’ll learn which body features to exaggerate. You’ll gain an understanding of the basic shapes of the body and their features as they relate to macho men and overweight characters. | ||
Unit 1 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 5 | |
Unit 2 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 6 | |
Module 4 | Poses in Motion | |
This lengthy session will give you a comprehensive look at how to pose your characters. Most of the full body poses are drawn (in real-time) in this session, where you’ll learn how to take an animator’s approach to illustrating action-heavy poses. | ||
Unit 1 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 7 | |
Unit 2 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 8 | |
Unit 3 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 9 | |
Unit 4 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 10 | |
Module 5 | Expressions | |
This final session focuses on expressions of the face. Paris draws dozens of expressions and gives you his unique insight to capturing that perfect look. He will also teach you a lip-sync animation technique to help you develop your character’s expressions. | ||
Unit 1 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 11 | |
Unit 2 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 12 | |
Unit 3 | How to Draw Macho Men and Overweight Characters - Part 13 |