How to Draw Comic Style Heads

Learn to draw comic style heads with expert guidance! This comprehensive course, "How to Draw Comic Style Heads," unlocks the secrets to creating dynamic and expressive character faces. Discover a variety of techniques to develop your unique art style and bring your characters to life.

What You'll Learn:

• Exaggerations: Master the art of stylized features and impactful distortions.
• Caricatures: Explore techniques for creating humorous and exaggerated character representations.
• Facial Expressions: Learn to effectively convey emotion through a simplified, yet powerful, approach.
• Shape Language: Understand how shapes communicate character and story.
• Line Variations: Experiment with different line weights to add depth and visual interest.
• Rendering Techniques: Develop skills in creating realistic and stylized rendering effects.
• Angular vs. Organic: Explore the contrast between sharp and flowing lines for diverse character designs.
• Coloring Effects in Procreate: Utilize the Procreate app (with iPad Pro & Apple Pencil) to create stunning coloring effects.

Course Outline:

• Section 1: Introduction to Drawing Comic Heads: A welcome video outlining course expectations.
• Section 2: Drawing a Stylized Face: Learn to draw and render an overly stylized face, focusing on exaggeration and creative rendering.
• Section 3: Practice Activities - Drawing Various Expressions: Develop a range of character expressions with a simplified approach.
• Section 4: Practice Activities - Head Shapes and Shape Language: Master basic sketches and understand how shape language influences character design and style.
• Section 5: Drawing a Pretty Face: Create a character concept using organic lines and forms to achieve a sense of beauty, including drawing faces at angles and refining details.

Tools & Resources:

Throughout the course, I'll demonstrate techniques using the Procreate app on an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. You'll receive a Layered Art File and Brushes to follow along. Feel free to use your preferred tools – the focus is on creative exploration and developing your individual art style.

This course is perfect for aspiring comic artists, illustrators, and anyone looking to improve their character design skills. Let's embark on a creative journey together!