Designing Animatable PSD Characters in Procreate
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Accessing Course Exercise Files
Animatable_Characters_Files.zip
Introduction

What You Will Learn in this Course
Adjusting Canvas and Resolution
Setting Up a Reference
Quick Overview of Procreate
Sketching Our Character

Sketching the Head
Adjusting and Refining Head Sketch
Sketching the Hair
Sketching the Body
Sketching the Limbs
Adjusting Arms
Cleaning Up Sketch
Inking the Head

Examining Layer Hierarchy and Layout
Setting Up Document for Inking
Inking the Head
Inking the Hair
Inking the Hair Strands
Inking Ponytail
Inking the Body

Inking the Torso
Inking the Jacket
Inking the Neck and Collar
Inking Limbs
Inking Hand Poses
Duplicating Front Limbs
Coloring the Character

Coloring the Head
Coloring the Body
Coloring the Limbs
Shading the Character

Shading the Face and Hair
Shading Bangs, Eyes and Ponytail
Other Ways to Shade
Shading the Body
Shading the Limbs
Shading the Feet
Shading the Hands
Highlighting the Character

Highlighting the Head
Highlighting the Body
Highlighting the Limbs, Feet and Hands
Merging Shading and Highlighting Layers
Creating Additional Mouth Poses

Sketching Out the Phonemes
Inking the Phonemes
Coloring the Phonemes
Shading and Highlighting the Phonemes
Shading and Highlighting Lips
Sketching Profile and Front Head Views

Creating Guides for Head Phases
Sketching the Front Head Phase
Sketching the Front Hair Phase
Reviewing Front Head Symmetry
Sketching Profile Head and Hair
Wrapping Up

Exporting File for Animation
Final Thoughts

Designing Animatable PSD Characters in Procreate

Learn how to properly design image based characters for animation in Moho, Animate CC, After Effects, Character Animator and more!