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 Luis
Figueiredo
My name is Luis Figueiredo. I am a 30-year-old
Portuguese man. After my degree in Business
Administration, I decided to take a big step forward in my
life: to become an artist. So, I went alone to Italy for three
years to study comics, where I worked for many different
clients during that time.
Later on, I moved to
Vancouver, Canada, to study
animation, where I had the
opportunity to create two
short films by myself, an
incredible experience that I'll
never forget all the time and
passion I dedicated to it! In
the last 4 to 5 years, I
returned to Portugal and
worked as a freelance artist
for many private clients and
large companies worldwide. I
receive enormous affection
from my fans and clients. I
gained the trust of all those
with whom I had the
opportunity and pleasure to
work, and that is one of the
most important things as an
artist: That people recognize
the work you put into each
piece and that they know they
can count on me to create
what they have always
dreamed of.
step 1 Start with a quick sketch to get At this stage you can see and make
the initial idea, to imagine the lines using the correct
everything, to see what you proportions and check at the next
want and to see if it works the stage if they are correct or if you
way you want. need to adjust them.
step 2 There is no time to dive into the character's
structures with the use of sandbags and
cones (the ones I use to make your life
easier). As they are geometric shapes, I use
them as a base, but I make them more fluid
and dynamic following the general lines I did
in the previous step.
Now detail a little more the lines This is the fun part of it! You can

step 3
and all the structure shapes you create your own character without
have created in the previous any problem because you have
stages. And in this case, you can created a solid base!
reduce or increase the size of the
shapes depending on each
character.
step 4 Finally, and not least, adding Drawing is a learning process
clothes and accessories to the every time you draw, PRACTICE
characters is always a fun part! AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!
YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU
WANT! Dress them up as you
always wanted! Now is the time to
study draping and folding too!
The more you go further the more I just made that for you to

step 5
you can correct some mistakes and understand how the muscles work
make it look better and add according to the pose and the
muscles to them if you want! movement itself.
step 6 Silhouettes are always important the pose all black, you are in one
to show the idea and make it clear drawing, so you can show
to the viewer! So whenever you everything in that one image!
start drawing try to show the
whole image, try to make it
understandable, even if you make
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