Create Detailed and Poseable Character in Adobe Illustrator

Learn how to create your own game character in adobe illustrator. Game Character Design workflows, tips and tricks

Created by: Rafael Regidor
2d Mobile Game Artist, Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Create animation ready 2D game characters
• Master texturing workflows for 2d characters using Adobe Illustrator
• Learn how to block-in, shade and texture characters
• Confidently create their own detailed and animation-ready character from scratch

Requirements

• A working installation of Adobe illustrator CS5 or higher
• This is not a how to draw course. I will guide you how to approach parts of your character and detail them properly
• Knows how to draw characters already. And have your own character that you want to detail in illustrator.
• This course does not cover animation of characters
• Intermediate knowledge of illustrator (moving around in the interface, creating shapes, using pen tool, shape-builder)

Target audience

• Student's who would like to learn a solid character creation workflow
• Student's who would like to step up their illustrator skills in terms of shading and character detailing.
• Student's who want to prep up their characters for animation
• This is not a how to draw course. You should at least have your own character design in mind and get it ready (on paper or digitally drawn) and you will use the knowledge in this course to texture it and make it animation friendly
• Basic knowledge in illustrator (how to use pen tool, shape builder, blend modes)
• This course assumes that you have full understanding of illustrator tools
• If you do not have your own character sketch, I have provided one for you.