Comic Penciling – Drawing Alice Video Series
In this series, master cartoonist and illustrator, Sycra Yasin, will show you how to create a stunning illustration of Alice, the leading character from the ever-popular Lewis Carroll novel, Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland. Here, you’ll discover the secrets behind choosing a pose, uncovering the laws of anatomy and using reference pictures to help you create your character.
Sycra will take you through every step in a series of easy-to-follow lessons, which shed light on how to achieve those incredible effects in Photoshop. Along the way, you’ll pick up some handy hints and top tips that you’ll be able to use in every aspect of your artistic career!
What You Will Learn
Once you’ve followed the lessons in this series, you’ll have picked up many of the skills that are sought after in every area of the creative industry. Not only is there a huge demand worldwide for talented digital illustrators and painters, these are skills you’ll be able to apply whichever direction your talent takes you in.
This series will tell you everything you need to know about taking a project from its exciting early stages thru to the revision process before creating the line art in preparation for a fully-rendered digital painting. Sycra Yasin is highly regarded for his incredible knowledge of anatomy and awesome artistic skills. Now, you can take his lead as you create a stunning illustration of one of the world’s most popular fictional characters, Alice from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
| LESSON TITLE | DIFFICULTY | LENGTH | PUBLISHED |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Penciling | 01 | Introduction to Alice | Intermediate | 0:09:23 | 04-13-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 02 | How to Draw Female Child Proportion | Intermediate | 0:09:40 | 04-13-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 03 | How to Sketch Poses | Intermediate | 0:10:03 | 04-13-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 04 | Choosing a Pose | Intermediate | 0:10:04 | 04-13-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 05 | Composition | Intermediate | 0:10:35 | 04-15-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 06 | Using Reference | Intermediate | 0:09:59 | 04-17-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 07 | Creating Structure | Intermediate | 0:10:21 | 04-17-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 08 | Adding Hair and Clothes | Intermediate | 0:10:05 | 04-17-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 09 | Facial Features | Intermediate | 0:10:18 | 04-18-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 10 | Revision and Line Art | Intermediate | 0:10:26 | 04-18-2012 |
| Comic Penciling | 11 | Line art for Face and Body | Intermediate | 0:12:59 | 04-18-2012 |
Christopher 
Great video. I loved being able to see the entire process in the making. The revision parts were especially useful. I hope we’ll be able to witness the painting phase as well, as the finished illustration in the finished picture preview is painted. Keep it up Sycra. You’re the best.
SzymonMarciniak
Sycra is the best, I agree with you too. The painting series is coming very soon and I think it is even better!
Tim
HEY GUYS I ALSO KNW HOW TO DRAW BUT ND LIKED ALL YOUR DRWNGS THY ARE NYC, I ALSO WNT TO DRW ON TH INTRNETS PLZ HELP ME AM THAPELO.
THAPELO
Thank you Sycra for this great class series! Thanks also for not making the elapsed time too fast. It is so great to see every little bit. I love your layering technique throughout. Layering the form then the clothes, then the face all on different layers was wonderful.
Amanda
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for the great feedback – we’re glad you’re enjoying the lessons so much! Layering is a great way of making changes and building up form to create a fully-rendered digital painting. We’re just putting the finishing touches to Sycra’s latest tutorial, where he’ll be giving you his ultimate guide to Photoshop – we’d love to get feedback from you on this series too!
Christopher
Awesome! Very informative. Glad I’m not the only one who has to pet in the inking line like that. I always thought it had to be done with one smooth stroke but whatever works!
PaulMorris
Hi Paul and thanks for your comment. As you say, it’s very much a question of whatever works for you – if you look at some of the other tutorials on Pencil Kings, you’ll see each artist has a slightly different way of working. Best of luck with your creative career and keep us updated with your progress
Christopher