Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality
Inspiration and Reference Images
A course by Joel Santana , Concept Artist and Character Designer
Joined September 2019
Joined September 2019
About the video: Inspiration and Reference Images
Overview
“Gathering inspirational and reference images is an integral part of the process, so let's look at a few ways you can go about doing that as well as things I like to look for. ”
In this video lesson Joel Santana addresses the topic: Inspiration and Reference Images, 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
“Inspiration and Reference Images In this lesson, we'll take a look at my process for gathering images. We'll look at some things to consider when choosing the right image as well as some tools that will help us put together a cool mood board. Let's get started. INSPIRATION & REFERENCE IMAGES Now that we've talked about the main idea behind the pose, let's discuss reference images. I like to look for images of people and poses that convey emotion that I'm trying to convey. I like to try to observe and get ideas for body language. I don't necessarily have to find exactly the same pose I'm...”
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Course summary for: Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality
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Category
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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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