Realistic Character Art in a Traditional Painting Style by Erak Note (Korean, Eng sub)

This online course is designed to teach you the efficient digital drawing process used by Erak Note, a professional concept artist with over a decade of industry experience. You’ll begin by learning basic Photoshop settings and how to test brush functions, including Wacom Tablet Control Panel, personalizing Tablet Properties, and setting Photoshop keyboard shortcuts.

Next, you’ll move on to creating a basic sketch for realistic character art, focusing on sketching a stable and proportionate face and body and separating the character from the background with grayscale depth.

You’ll then practice coloring techniques using various Photoshop functions such as Glazing, Curves, Dodge, Burn, and Sponge to apply colors to the character’s face, body, and costume.

With a solid understanding of light and shadows, you’ll learn how to use a pencil brush and blend modes to draw leather and metal and add texture to your character art.