Design Stunning Male Characters in Your Style [Coloso, Muksal]
- Publisher
- Coloso
- Product Type
- Video Course
- Author
- Muksal
- Language
- Korean, GBC Dub, English Official Subtitles
- Duration
- 00:00
- Release date
- Jan 28, 2025
- Skill level
- Project Files
- Yes
- Product Price
- $195
Level Up Your Skills to Draw Perfectly-Proportioned, Ideal Male Characters
Bring your ideal male characters to life with this intensive drawing class! Learn how to stylize and create the face, physique, and fashion needed to transform your vision into reality.
Join illustrator Muksal, known for her stunning fan art and commissioned male character illustrations, as she reveals her secrets to drawing trendy and dynamic male figures.
What You'll Learn:
Master Facial Expressions & Angles – Draw male characters from different perspectives with confidence.
Perfect Hands, Muscles & Poses – Add realistic details to muscles, hands, and body structure for a natural look.
Coloring & Lighting Techniques – Bring your characters to life with full-color illustrations and stylish shading.
Drawing Folds & Fashion – Understand clothing dynamics and create visually appealing outfits.
Dynamic Compositions – Learn practical techniques to make your characters stand out in any artwork.
Your Roadmap to Stunning Male Character Art
This course combines fundamental theory with hands-on practice, guiding you step by step in mastering proportions, anatomy, and artistic stylization. Whether you’re creating original characters or fan art, this class will equip you with the skills to draw effortlessly.Section 01: Organizing Your Thoughts before Drawing
What kind of illustration should you draw?- Opened up a canvas but don't know what to draw? Recommended direction for beginners
- The importance of defining your goal and intention in drawing good illustrations
- Secrets to boosting your creativity: collecting good images and data
- The art of selection and focus for self-learning/beginner illustrators who don't know where to start
- How to adjust the amount and quality of study
Section 02: Drawing Various Male Faces
Drawing proportions and facial shapes in anime to semi-realistic styles- Drawing anime-style faces of younger characters
- Drawing anime-style faces of adult characters
- Drawing mature-looking faces in the semi-realistic style
- Characteristics of puppy-face male characters and how to draw them
- Characteristics of beautiful male characters and two ways to draw them
- How to draw celebrity-like, youthful male characters
- Characteristics of noir-style male characters and how to draw them
- How to draw anime-style male characters with bad-boy looks
- How to draw confident, nonchalant-looking male characters
- Exploring male faces from different angles
- Drawing faces from different angles
- Adding black-and-white shadow to the face based on light position
- Adding light to the face using the skin color
Section 03: Drawing Attractive Male Characters
Drawing the hands of male characters- Characteristics of attractive male hands and how to draw them
- Muscles in different parts of male characters
- How to draw the form of muscles
- Small, thin physiques
- Physiques with lean muscles
- Physiques with bulk muscles
- Drawing based on image references
- Applying what you practiced to your creations
- Tips for effective croquis drawing
- Demonstration of drawing croquis
Section 04: Styling Hair, from Drawing to Coloring
Drawing hairstyles- Understanding the sectioned structure of hair
- Drawing smooth-looking hair
- Drawing half-swept hair
- Drawing side-part hair
- Drawing anime-style, flipped-out hair
- Positioning main lights to create a 3D look
- Adding shadow to hair based on light position
- Characteristics of hair highlights and how to draw them
- Tips for drawing based on images
- Drawing demonstration
Section 05: Basics of Light and Shadow
The theory of light and how to apply it- What is the theory of light?
- Applying theory to your creations: positioning lighting, setting up ambient color, and predicting reflected light
- Names and characteristics of shadows
- How to draw form shadows, from soft-shaped to sharp-shaped ones
- How to draw cast shadows, explained with shapes
- Coloring characters under a midday sun
- Coloring characters under a setting sun
- Coloring characters under nighttime lights
- Coloring backgrounds with neon signs and characters
- Coloring soft indoor lights and characters
- Coloring strong polaroid lights and characters
- Coloring custom color lights and characters
- Why draw black-and-white croquis?
- Things to note when drawing black-and-white croquis
- Demonstration of drawing black-and-white croquis
Section 06: Composition of Character Illustrations
How to plan an illustration- Elements of an illustration
- Idea sketching
- How to get your inspiration back
- Collecting references after sketching
- Key points of eye-catching illustrations
- Simple ways to split the screen to catch the viewer's eye
- How to grab attention using objects and silhouettes
- Setting up compositions
- Characteristics and examples of eye-level compositions
- Characteristics and examples of high-angle compositions
- Characteristics and examples of low-angle compositions
Section 07: How to Set up Half-Body Compositions
How to set up perfect half-body compositions- Advantages of half-body compositions
- Regarding facial expressions
- Positioning a character on a vertical canvas
- Positioning a character on a horizontal canvas
- Building a habit of analyzing compositions
Section 08: Drawing Dynamic Illustrations
Elements that express movement- Exploring elements that add a sense of movement to illustrations
- Diagonal/curved compositions that create a sense of movement
- Silhouettes of objects that form movement on the screen
- Planning a dynamic half-body illustration
- Setting up light and contrast in brightness in the colored rough draft
- Tips for drawing line art
- Applying base colors
- Adding preliminary shading
- Changing colors after preliminary shading
- Refining borders of shading
- Adding additional details
- How to improve the quality of details
- Final color correction
- My go-to correction methods
Section 09: A Message to Illustration Learners
Watch this when you want to improve your illustration- When you want to seek help from this video
- The relationship between illustrations and your mental strength/mindset
- Regarding social media and self-confidence
Class Highlights
Add Variety to Your Male Characters—No More Similar-Looking Faces!
Do your male characters all end up looking the same? Illustrator Muksal, known for designing diverse and unique male characters, will teach you key drawing techniques to bring out distinct personalities in your art. Work with three different character types—from soft to strong-looking males—and learn how to shape their expression, mood, and charm with confident strokes.Coloring Techniques to Enhance Your Character with Stunning Light
Want to make your character pop with beautifully rendered lighting? This course covers everything from theory to hands-on practice, helping you master natural and artificial lighting effects. You'll learn how to:️ Create realistic lighting variations based on time of day
Use neon signs and indoor lighting to set the mood
Apply light and shadow effectively to enhance depth
Turn Static Poses into Dynamic, 3D Compositions
Struggling to make still characters look engaging? Instead of flat, front-facing poses, you'll discover how to create movement and depth through spatial awareness and three-dimensional composition techniques. This course will help you build your own dynamic scenes, rather than simply copying existing artwork.Join Muksal’s class and master the art of drawing compelling, well-lit, and expressive male characters!
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