Create bold, high-energy illustrations with Amin Faramarzian as you master clear shapes, strong lines, and expressive poses. Learn to craft dynamic, story-rich images that balance playful style with powerful underlying themes.
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A guided path through every stage of the course, broken down into focused lessons you can work through at your own pace.
Lesson 1
In this lesson you'll come up with the characters, world and story that you'll use throughout the rest of the course. Amin will take you through a few exercises to decide on a genre and logline, before diving into references and thumbnail sketching. Don't be afraid to experiment here- you never know what might inspire you!
Lesson 2
In this lesson, you'll come up with the characters in your story. After doing some rough sketching, you'll create a full color portrait of your hero. Amin will cover several important concepts about color and lighting in this lesson, along with some useful tips for speeding up your art creation. At the end of this lesson, you'll have a finished piece of character art.
Lesson 3
In this lesson, you will come up with an interesting environment for your character to live in. Using all the concepting methods you learned eariler, you will thumbnail, define and iterate on your scene. At the end of this lesson, you'll have a finished piece of art showing off your world.Â
Lesson 4
This lesson will collect everything you've learned so far, by combining the character and environment designs from the previous two lessons into a single hero illustration. You'll also adapt your finished key art into one or more alternate versions, for display in different kinds of media. At the end of this lesson, you'll have multiple portfolio pieces showing off your new illustrated property.Â
Amin Faramarzian is an illustrator and visual designer whose stylized and vibrant work emphasizes bold shapes, crisp lines, and high-contrast color. His pieces often channel the energy of graphic novels and animation with a playful yet refined execution. Known for dynamic character design and narrative scenes, Amin’s art brings storytelling and visual punch together in a distinctive and engaging style.
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In this lesson you'll come up with the characters, world and story that you'll use throughout the rest of the course. Amin will take you through a few exercises to decide on a genre and logline, before diving into references and thumbnail sketching. Don't be afraid to experiment here- you never know what might inspire you!
In this lesson, you'll come up with the characters in your story. After doing some rough sketching, you'll create a full color portrait of your hero. Amin will cover several important concepts about color and lighting in this lesson, along with some useful tips for speeding up your art creation. At the end of this lesson, you'll have a finished piece of character art.
In this lesson, you will come up with an interesting environment for your character to live in. Using all the concepting methods you learned eariler, you will thumbnail, define and iterate on your scene. At the end of this lesson, you'll have a finished piece of art showing off your world.Â
This lesson will collect everything you've learned so far, by combining the character and environment designs from the previous two lessons into a single hero illustration. You'll also adapt your finished key art into one or more alternate versions, for display in different kinds of media. At the end of this lesson, you'll have multiple portfolio pieces showing off your new illustrated property.Â
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