Fernanda is a self-taught artist with a passion for creating semi-realistic portraits that are almost cartoonlike in nature and inspired by manga, anime, and fantasy art. In Dynamic Character Design, she shows you how to work with digital or traditional drawing tools to create faces, facial features, poses, facial expressions, characters, and more in her signature animated style. This easy-to-follow book includes:
- A review of drawing tools, whether you work with digital apps like Procreate or prefer to use pencil, pen, marker, or colored pencil
- Portrait-drawing tutorials, including how to simplify facial features, hair, anatomy, and poses
- Sketching tips and techniques, including how to use reference photos, ideas for what to sketch, and more
- Instructions and tips for the digital drawing process, including creating layers, base shapes, background colors, and shadows
- Tips on finding your drawing style and how to design your own cute characters
QR codes that link to Fernanda’s online instructional videos created exclusively for this book provide additional guidance as you learn and are featured in the book.
Perfect your portrait-drawing techniques with Dynamic Character Design.
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72 reviews for Dynamic Character Design: Draw faces and figures with pencil, markers, digital tools, and more
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Amazon Customer –
It’s really easy to follow and learn! I really loved the style of her illustrations and I hope to achieve that level!
V. Morrow –
A good book that covers a number of different mediums. Since it is character design, it is more of a cartoon or illustration look. Does not cover more realistic type designs but is very good at helping the reader draw characters in different mediums.
Guillermo –
This book has the guides to explore both cartoon style and anatomy. Nice presentation of the cover
Lélé –
Um livro maravilhoso, muito bom, detalhado e criativo.
Cheio de informações importantes pra quem quer aprender a desenhar. Vai desde desenhos com canetinha até o desenho digital, passando por anatomia, rostos, expressões faciais, cabelos e sua dinâmica e até as sombras e sua utilização no desenvolvimento de personagens. Sempre de uma maneira clara e divertida.
Está em inglês e, no futuro, seria muito interessante uma versão em Português também.
Gostei demais. Nota 10!
MissyL –
Very practical. Makes illustrating fun again. This is my style of illustration and it’s great to see new tips and tricks.
yael –
كيوت والرسومات ظريفه
Ahmed Abdulbaqi –
Super livre, super pour apprendre le dessin facilement et rapidement.
Sahily –
I pre-ordered this book and it arrived yesterday. The pictures on this page don’t do it justice. It has so much detailed, visually stunning, information. Very easy to follow. I cannot wait to gift this to my nephew, who loves to draw!!
CocoCherie –
That’s what I needed! Beautiful illustrations plus great tips. I’m so glad I got this book! When I saw the cover I just had to buy it!
MissyL –
Very beginner friendly book. Easy to understand. Great examples and tutorials. I give this book a 5 ⭐️ but it deserves more
Berlynn Burns –
I was so excited when my copy arrived! I loved looking through at the vibrant illustrations and thought it was very well done!
Learning Fernanda’s drawing process was really fun I learned a ton of cool tips! I am looking forward to trying her drawing exercises and will be referring back to it many times as I draw in the future!
Go buy it if you haven’t already you won’t be disappointed!