Vergil Hoo’s Basic Class 2023 is a structured foundation course for digital character painting, taught by an illustrator known for his stylish female character figures. It starts from the very basics: setting up brushes and software, learning to observe, compare and copy, and tracing and line drawing exercises. From there the course builds up perspective and structure, simple and advanced light and shadow with hard and soft light, black and white value studies and composition, and a full section on the human body. The later sections bring everything together with head and portrait painting in color, half-body portraits, volume and rhythm in full-body character design, and finally a series of card illustration demonstrations. Course files are included.
