Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality
Sketching the Character
A course by Joel Santana , Concept Artist and Character Designer
Joined September 2019
Joined September 2019
About the video: Sketching the Character
Overview
“So now that I’ve talked about the important aspects of developing an expressive and balanced character, let's move into sketching your final pose. You’re going to take into consideration everything you’ve learned to really tie it all together bring it all home. ”
In this video lesson Joel Santana addresses the topic: Sketching the Character , 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
“Sketching the Character Now, we’ll take a look at some of my thumbnail sketches and I'll select my favorite pose to tighten up the linework. Let’s begin. We've talked about a few different things and we looked at some aspects of developing an expressive and balanced character that tells a story, but there're three main things to keep in mind as you get into the sketching phase for your final character. The first one is line of action, as that is our main idea behind the sketch. The second will be weight and balance, which helps us maintain balance appropriately and also helps us define that...”
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Course summary for: Digital Character Design: Draw Protagonists with Personality
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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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