Illustrated Character Design and World Creation

Refining the Concepts

A course by Nathan Jurevicius , Character Designer

98% positive reviews (176)

3,447 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Refining the Concepts

Overview

“Before taking your work to the final stages of production, you'll refine your concepts. I’ll show you my process of scanning and cleaning up artwork in both traditional and digital methods ready for colouring.”

In this video lesson Nathan Jurevicius addresses the topic: Refining the Concepts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrated Character Design and World Creation. Learn how to create original characters and envision the environment they inhabit.

Partial transcription of the video

“Refining The Concepts Okay, now it's time for scanning. There are many ways that you can scan your artwork into the computer. You can go really high end and have a really expensive scan that gives you amazing quality line work, but for the process that we're doing today, I'm just doing a rough sketch, this sketch doesn't require me to have a high rate scan. In fact, what I tend to do mostly is use my phone. A phone is a great way of taking a good quality photo and importing it into Photoshop for manipulation. So, generally, all I do is get a great angle that I want to get a photo at. Someti...”

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Course summary for: Illustrated Character Design and World Creation

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (176)
3447 students
4 units
25 lessons (5h 18m)
1 download

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration, Vector Illustration

Nathan Jurevicius

A course by Nathan Jurevicius

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Character Designer

Nathan Jurevicius is an illustrator, director, toy designer, author, and concept artist. His work has appeared in numerous publications, advertising campaigns, and galleries around the world. Born in Australia and currently living in Toronto, Nathan was gently coerced into a life of painting, drawing, and crafts from an early age.

Nathan specializes in creating immersive worlds inhabited by unique characters. His most acclaimed concept to date is Scarygirl, an ever-evolving world of characters manifested through graphic novels, limited edition figures, video games, and a feature film currently in production.

Nathan’s recent projects include his animated short film and book JUNCTION, the Australian Academy Award-winning PELEDA series based on Lithuanian mythology, and a glass sculpture collaboration with IKEA.