Sketching with pencil on paper
  • Introduction
  • Sketch your image
  • Sketch some details
  • Sketch the main character
Preparation in Adobe Illustrator
  • Import your sketch into Illustrator
  • Define background and positions
  • Drawing the road
  • Creating grass in Illustrator
  • Preparing to draw the background objects
Creating the houses and trees in the background
  • Creating the shape of the house
  • Adding planks and chimney texture
  • Creating the windows
  • Adding the roof tiles, stairs and the door
  • Creating another house - the easy way!
  • The mailbox
  • Adding the trees and clouds to the background
Drawing the girl and her bicycle
  • Prepare to create the girl and her bicycle
  • Drawing the bycicle
  • Drawing the handlebars and the crankset
  • Starting to draw the main character
  • Drawing the legs
  • Finishing the face and hands of the girl
  • Positioning the main theme in the background
Create space and prepare the file for Photoshop
  • Add leaves to create space
  • Preparing layers and export to Photoshop
Add lighting and atmosphere in Adobe Photoshop
  • Fixing the layers, defining depth with blur effect
  • Use light to add more focus to the main character
  • "Moving" the clouds
  • The illusion of wind
  • Adding the texture
The Bonus final PSD
  • The final PSD
Closing
  • Bonus lecture
Bring your 2D work to 3D in After Effects
  • Prepare the PSD to After Effects
  • Bring the layers from 2D to 3D
  • Animate the Camera
  • Add dynamic motion to the animation