The Character Illustrator's Bundle
This bundle contains...
Level-up your character illustration skills in this two class bundle.
By the end of these two classes, you'll be able to:
- Design stylised characters with unique body shapes
- Draw your characters consistently in expressive gestures and poses
- Illustrate expressive body language to communicate story and emotion
- Draw hand gestures and facial expressions
- Illustrate two characters interacting in a scene
These classes will provide you with clear explanations to help you understand the why behind the what, plenty of practical exercises to help you build up skills and confidence, along with step-by-step guidance to create your own unique portfolio pieces following my demonstrations.
What you'll learn:
Drawing People: Creating Unique & Dynamic Poses in Procreate
- Gesture drawing
- Understanding realistic human proportions
- Designing stylised characters with unique body shapes
- Creating expressive character poses using references
- Illustrating several dynamic poses for one of your character designs created in class
Character Illustration: Drawing Expressive Gestures & Poses in Procreate
- How to understand and convey body language through your drawings
- Creating expressive character poses from imagination
- Drawing hand gestures
- Illustrating facial expressions
- Communicating character relationships and interactions
- Illustrating an emotive, stylised scene from start to finish
Meet Your Teacher
I'm Sarah, a freelance illustrator based in Scotland. I create playful, narrative based artwork celebrating nature, imagination, and emotion. I graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a BDes (honours) in Animation in 2016, and have been freelancing since 2019.
Empowering other creatives to develop their illustration skills is a big part of my work. As a Top Teacher on Skillshare, I’ve helped over 35,000 students level up their practice by sharing my own techniques and processes.
What Students Are Saying
"This was such a great class! I ended up spending two days watching it and drawing along, and even after five years studying graphic design and illustration I learned something new and got things explained better than some of my professors have. Sarah gives very clear instructions and explains basic anatomy and character creation in such a way that even beginners will have no trouble keeping up." - Karoline B, Drawing People
"Excellent course, just what I was looking for and needed. Been struggling with drawing people but Sarah broke down all the steps so well I don't feel intimidated drawing people in poses anymore. Thank you, thank you Sarah, BEST class! <3" - Sarah R, Drawing People
"I've never been confident at drawing people and Sarah's class shattered all my fears. Yes there are classes that teach traditional realistic drawing, and they are necessary for understanding the essentials. But I wanted to create stylized characters and couldn't really find a suitable class for that. Until this one. If that is your goal I highly recommend this class." - Jelena O, Drawing People
"Excellent class! I don't even use procreate, but her process and explanation of how to create characters expressions were extremely helpful! Wonderful class and teacher!" - Angela S, Character Illustration
"Really enjoyed Sarah's latest teachings. The previous class set a high bar already for quality and provided lots of golden nuggets of knowledge as well. But here she's really outdone herself. The "hand illustration" exercise alone is worth gold!" - Iwan Du P, Character Illustration
"I absolutely love this class! Searched for months and months trying to find something helpful on how to draw characters for storyboarding and then this appeared and it's everything I've been desperate to learn. Sarah makes this super easy and fun. Loved seeing how you can give even inanimate objects like sacks such unique stories with a few simple tricks." - Aram A, Character Illustration
I hope you enjoy the classes! If you have any questions about them, feel free to send me a DM or email hello@sarahhollidayart.com.
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