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Basics of drawing animals and fantastic creatures

The course will help you unleash your creativity by exploring the nature of animals. You will learn how their body is structured, which muscles and bo

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About the Course

The course will help you unleash your creativity by exploring the nature of animals. You will learn how their body is structured, which muscles and bones form the shape, which will allow you to create dynamic and realistic images. By drawing sketches of different animals, you will develop analytical thinking and learn to convey shape, movement, and color. In the second part of the course, you will master stylization, transformation, and combinatorics to create a unique creature born of your imagination. Allow yourself to go beyond the boundaries and embody the boldest ideas!

What You Will Learn

Analyze the shapes of animals and apply this analysis system to different species.
Gain skills in shaping and transformation.
Understand the laws of stylization and its practical use for textures and characters.
Understand the laws of composition.
Work with references.
Gain knowledge of coloristic laws and warm-cool relationships.
Improve your sketching skills.
Work with a variety of brushes for Photoshop and Procreate.
Design a project for a portfolio.

How the Learning Works

01

Watch the lecture and complete the assignment

02

Get feedback from instructor and make revisions

03

Gain knowledge and build your portfolio

Who Is This Course For

1

Beginner artists who have basic experience in digital editors such as Adobe Photoshop or Procreate and want to learn how to draw animals, improve their sketching skills, color theory and styling skills.

2

Experienced artists who want to improve their skills in drawing animals, to upgrade their qualifications.

3

Concept artists and animators who want to expand their professional arsenal.

Course Instructors

Mariya Strazhnikova

6 courses

Mariya Strazhnikova

2D artist

Instructor works

Student Works

What Students Say

Анна Иванова

Егоренков Дмитрий

Юлия Некрасова

Христина Таймухина

Иван Скрынников

Юлия Феоктистова

Мария Докучаева

Анна Кузнецова

Юлия Кардонова

Григорий Капица

Черепанов Никита

Course Program

Theory
  • •Study of the main body parts in different animal species
  • •Changing the shaping and proportional proportions of body parts
  • •Muscle groups to create an anatomically accurate image of an animal
  • •Skeleton construction in the form of simple primitives
  • •Head, paws, wings, tails, horns, growths, teeth, claws
Practice
  • •Drawings of 3 animal structures from geometric primitives
  • •Adding muscle groups to different parts of the body
  • •Creating a simple tonal volume
  • •Sketch of the skeletal structure of animals
  • •A series of sketches of skeletal structures in motion and various poses
  • •Sketches of animal body details
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