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Examining Layer Hierarchy and Layout

Examining Layer Hierarchy and Layout

Here we take a moment to talk about the importance of laying your layers when planning to animate a character.

Designing Animatable PSD Characters in Procreate

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Downloadable Source Files

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 Sketch2

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 Hair3

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 Animation1

Final Thoughts