Sketching Animals and Creatures with Pen and Ink by Sorie Kim

This course will take you through the process of learning how to sketch creatures both real and imaginary. Instead of learning how to simply replicate a drawing or photo, this class will teach you how to utilize reference and break down complex subject matter into basic forms. We will also cover skeletal structure, rendering textures, and capturing movement/poses to bring your sketches to life. We’ll be exploring a variety of exercises to design creatures, using real animals as a foundation to maintain believability.

I will also be going over how I use pen and ink, basic sketching principles, and rendering techniques to create dynamic illustrations. In this class, I will be working directly with ink in order to build line confidence and practice line economy. It can be intimidating to go directly to ink without a pencil sketch underneath, but this method will train you to be more intentional with your lines.

Through this course, you will learn how to break down animals into simple forms, giving you freedom to draw subjects from multiple perspectives. The class missions will help you bridge the gap between drawing from observation to imagination.

You will also learn how to start drawing directly with ink, to render your sketches, and to compose layouts for presentation. The course is project based, and will take you through the steps to design your very own creature!

0 WELCOME 1 – Introduction to the course 2 – Meet Your Instructor – Sorie Kim 3 – Introduction to Ink & Pen Drawing

1 Learning the Basics of Sketching with Ink 1 – How to draw directly with ink 1 – Line confidence and control 1 – Materials

2 Breaking Down Complex Subjects Into Basic Forms 1 – How to construct basic forms 2 – Modifying and combining basic forms 3 – Breaking down animals into basic forms

3 Rendering with Pen and Ink 1 – Mark making and hatching 2 – Lighting and Value 3 – Applying texture and value to forms

4 Studying Animal Anatomy 1 – Skeletal form 2 – Musculaturem 3 – How to utilize anatomical knowledge to sketch animals

5 Practicing Animal Sketching 1 – Fish 2 – Marine invertebrates 3 – Birds 4 – Reptiles 5 – Hoofed animals 6 – Felines 7 – Rodents 8 – Insects

6 Drawing from Imagination 1 – Building your visual library 2 – Posing and movement in animals 3 – How to practice drawing from imagination

7 Learning How to Design Your Own Creatures 1 – Research and conceptualization 2 – Thumbnails and silhouettes 3 – Proportions and Development 4 – Applying Animal Anatomy 5 – Movement 6 – Rendering and finalizing your illustration

8 How to find your style 1 – Notes on stylization 2 – Designing from observation

9 OUTRO 1 – Congratulations on Completing the Course

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