Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality
Influences
A course by Joel Santana , Concept Artist and Character Designer
Joined September 2019
Joined September 2019
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now I want to talk about some of the artists that inspired and influenced my style the most in my career. ”
In this video lesson Joel Santana addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality. Design and illustrate expressive characters using poses, gestures, and color palettes to tell stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Now that you've learned a bit about me, we'll take a look at the artists that have inspired and influenced my work throughout my career. Let's begin. CREATIVE INFLUENCES In this lesson, I wanna share with you guys some of my creative influences. We all have artists that have blown us away with their work. They're a big part of what inspires us to pick up a pencil or a brush and create. You're inspired by them not only because you think their work is cool, it may not be true for you, but it has happened to me that there might be an artist and I'm like, "He's so talented." Even tho...”
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Course summary for: Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Joel Santana
A course by Joel Santana
Joel Santana is a character designer and illustrator, a collector of hats, and a married father with two kids. Throughout his career, he's done freelance work for Champs Sports, Walt Disney World Orlando, and other major clients. Joel's been published in the Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2016 and a full page in 2017, MTVnews.com and Huffington Post UK. He's also worked for in-house teams and advertising agencies creating illustrations for advertising, as well as packaging and toys.
Aside from creating, Joel has also mentored junior artists and co-workers, taught workshops, given talks to art students at local universities, reviewed products for Wacom, and participated in the local AIGA group speaking to young creatives.
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