Anthropomorphic Character Creation
Basic Animal Structure and Principles of Anatomy
A course by Félicie Haymoz , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Basic Animal Structure and Principles of Anatomy
Overview
“I want to provide you with a general understanding of anatomy so you can apply those principles to your designs.”
In this video lesson Félicie Haymoz addresses the topic: Basic Animal Structure and Principles of Anatomy, which is part of the Domestika online course: Anthropomorphic Character Creation. Learn the creative process behind designing and illustrating fantastic animal characters full of personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic Animal Structure and Principles of Anatomy In this lesson we're gonna start drawing animals. You might feel a little anxious about drawing animals if you don't know how they're constructed, so I'm gonna give you some tips that I use to be able to draw almost any animal. This is possible thanks to comparative anatomy. It's basically the theory that we all come from the same ancestor, and so we evolve with the same limbs. Let's look at a bat, for example. This is a human arm that I drew, with the forearm. Very simple, just like a schematic of an arm. And then I'm thinking, okay, what do...”
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Course summary for: Anthropomorphic Character Creation
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Félicie Haymoz
A course by Félicie Haymoz
NYC-based Swiss character designer Félicie Haymoz has a range of experience in creating unique characters for animated films, TV, and advertisements.
She has worked with director Wes Anderon as lead character designer for his animated films Fantastic Mr. Fox (2007) and Isle of Dogs (2015). Her long list of clients includes Netflix, Warner Bros, Nexus Films, Agile Films, and Aardman animation. Félicie also gives talks and lectures on animation, and has been a guest speaker at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Parsons School for Design, Paris, and Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin. In 2010, she wrote, produced, and directed her first short film Je Maudis Ma Nuit, which was selected for festivals across Europe and was screened in France and Switzerland.
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