Creating Human Characters for Beginners – Faces & Expression

Learn to Draw and Paint Human Characters in Procreate - Character Design and Illustration for Beginners

Created by: Alexandra Finta
Professional Art Teacher and Artist

What Will I Learn?

• To draw male and female heads
• The basic construction of the head
• Practice to loosen up in sketching
• Shape Language
• Illustrate heads of different shapes
• Draw facial features in different styles
• Express emotions with the facial features
• Exaggerate expressions
• Make original characters
• Create a Procreate Brush for cool details
• Create functional color palette
• Illustrate hair, clothes background, props and details

Requirements

• Working knowledge of the medium you are working in (Procreate, Photoshop, Krita, Traditional media, etc.)
• I will be working in Procreate so all resources and the steps are done in it, but you can follow along in any media
• No drawing knowledge is needed

Target audience

• Beginners in drawing who are intimidated by drawing heads
• Beginners in illustration who want to learn to create human characters
• Illustrators who. would like to enrich their skillset
• Illustrators who are stuck at a point and would love to get creative