Designing Bitmap Characters in Moho 13

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Designing Bitmap Characters in Moho 13

Design raster based characters from rough sketch to final inked product using Moho 13's new bitmap tools!

Sketch, Ink, Fill and Shade Images

With Moho 13 you can design full raster image characters using a brush, paint bucket and eraser tool. This makes Moho a true all in one app when it comes to design and animation.

Work with Included References

Your purchase not only includes the final Moho file, but reference images to help you sketch, ink and draw various head phases, hands and mouth poses.

Design a Character from Start to Finish

The topics you will learn includes:

Sketching from a reference
Inking nice bold lines
Applying flat colors
Masking the Eyes
Shading
Highlighting
Proper Layer Hierarchy to make the character rig-ready

Contents

Downloadable Exercise Files

Download the course files here!

Moho13_Bitmap_Design_Exercise Files.zip

Introduction

Learn what this course is all about!

What You Will Learn in this Course

Prerequisites for this Course

Working with the Course Project Files

Designing with Images in Moho

Setting Up Your Moho Document

Sketching Your Character

Sketch a full character using a reference and Moho 13's bitmap brush

Sketching the Head

Sketching the Hair

Sketching Facial Features

Sketching the Body

Sketching The Limbs

Cleaning Up the Sketch

Inking Your Character

Now it's time create our final line work while breaking down the proper layer structure for our character.

Inking the Head

Inking the Hair

Inking the Facial Features

Inking the Body

Inking Limbs, Hands and Feet

Applying Flat Colors

With the ink in place we can now add in our base colors for the character.

Coloring the Face

Coloring the Eyebrows and Hair

Coloring the Eyes, Neck and Hands

Coloring Shirt, Jacket and Limbs

Reordering Body Parts for Proper Display

Fixing and Cleaning Up Overlooked Areas

Masking the Eyes

Fixing the Shirt and Belt Buckle

Creating Additional Mouth, Hand and Head Poses

Create more mouth, hand and head poses for a more complete rig

Sketching the Mouth Poses

Inking and Coloring the Mouth Poses

Sketching the Left Hand Poses

Sketching the Right Hand Poses

Inking and Filling Hands

Sketching Two Additional Head Poses

Adding Shading and Highlights

With the main design established, we can now focus on laying down our shading and highlighting.

Applying Shading Layers

Applying Highlight Layers

Masking and Blending the Effects

Conclusion

Here I share my final thoughts as we polish up the design.

Polishing Your Design

Final Thoughts