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Laia is a Spanish artist with over 1.2 million Instagram followers. She’s renowned for her distinct art style & illustrated novels, like ‘Royalty Witches.’
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The wonders of composition, storytelling, & digital coloringHow to create a beautiful full colored illustration from scratch!Understand the body’s proportions & how to create different body typesHow to create incredible dynamic poses by using the line of action methodGet better at drawing eyes at different angles and at different ages!Get awesome tips for adding life to your character's expressionsHow to focus your viewer’s eye and frame the sceneLaia’s best tips for drawing various hairstylesHave you ever sat in front of a blank canvas, wanting to illustrate an idea but not knowing where to start? Argh… what a struggle to come up with ideas sometimes!
BUT… you’re not alone. Even professional artists struggle! The difference is that they’ve developed hacks to overcome “art block” and produce amazing art over & over! In this course, you’ll discover how to do that too … and so much more!
After completing the course, you’ll be able to create your own beautiful illustrations and have an awesome new skill set under your belt! Imagine how people will react when they see your new-found skills!
In the course, you’ll learn from a true master. Laia will show you the steps she follows when illustrating a beautiful scene. You’ll learn about brainstorming, sketching, testing color palettes, composition, digital inking, and how to add lighting & shading…for that grand finale!
Follow along with Laia as you learn how to get your thoughts on paper and test different ideas. She will also teach you how to draw specific aspects of a character, like various hairstyles, facial expressions, body types and clothing.
So what are you waiting for?! Jump on in and start drawing!
2+ Hours of on-demand videos
11 Assignments
Layered Photoshop files
14 Reference images
7 Cheat sheets/guides1 Line art images
List of recommended brushes
List of recommended books
Certificate of Completion
Welcome to the course! You’ll get to know your instructor, Laia Lopez of Instagram fame, and get a well-rounded overview of what you can expect in her course.
INCLUDED:
1 Assignment
1 Layered Photoshop File
Step-by-Step Process File
Final Image
This lesson is chock-full of advice, tips and tricks from Laia’s. There is a TON of awesome stuff here for YOU!
Laia will show you how to draw eyes at different angles and for different ages such as children, teens and adults. Using three different characters, she’ll show you how to make each of them mad, sad, happy and worried. Important skills to learn!
You’ll learn some incredible tips for drawing different hairstyles, and clothing, showing you how to make it drape and fold realistically over the body.
You’ll then learn the basic structure of the human body—male, female, child, teen, adult—and discover how to modify it to create different body types. Using references, you’ll explore how each pose has a line of action and learn to create characters based on that.
Then you’ll learn some exciting tricks for drawing dynamic and creative poses, showing you how to use the line of action—without the use of references.
INCLUDED:
1 Assignment
1 Layered Photoshop File
Step-by-Step Process File
Final Image
You’ll follow along with Laia as she helps you learn new composition skills. You’ll learn how the mysterious rule of thirds works (just kidding, it’s not that mysterious!).
Laia will show you how to make the illustration look balanced and eye-catching, by helping you create composition lines, and frame your focus point. The beauty of this part is that you’ll be encouraged to be as sloppy as you can, just getting those brilliant ideas out of your head and on to paper, for later polishing.
After that, Laia will show you how to use different types of layers to color and shade your artwork. You’ll learn how to create a specific mood for your scene, using shading and testing color palettes.
Finally, Laia will show you how to ink smooth, clean line art on top of your sketch. After that, you’ll learn how to color and shade the entire illustration, getting her personal tips and techniques for how to best do so.
So if you like what you’re reading and you want to become the artist you’ve always thought you could be, please feel free to jump in and start learning with the one and only Laia Lopez!
INCLUDED:
1 Assignment
1 Layered Photoshop File
Step-by-Step Process File
Final Image
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Laia is a Spanish artist with a following of over 1.2 million on Instagram. She is known world-wide for her distinct art style and illustrated novels, ‘Strawberry Moon’ and ‘Royalty Witches’, and her artbook, ‘Gleaming—The art of Laia López’.
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