Creative Character Design for Products
Introduction
A course by Rob Flowers , Illustrator
About the video: Introduction
Overview
“In this lesson, I will talk about my background and expertise and how I came to be an illustrator. I will also show some examples of my work. ”
In this video lesson Rob Flowers addresses the topic: Introduction, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Character Design for Products. Develop a cohesive set of characters to apply to any kind of object using Adobe Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction Hello and welcome to my course "Character Design for Products". I'm Rob Flowers and in this lesson I'll introduce myself, my work, and how I became a freelance illustrator. I've always been interested in character design. I collected toys when I was a child and I was always interested in drawing, and I was the best in class at drawing the Ninja Turtles. I never considered being an illustrator because I have no artistic background, but in the university, I realised I could be an illustrator. It was an accident, I didn't study illustration, I studied graphic design and advertisin...”
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Course summary for: Creative Character Design for Products
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Rob Flowers
A course by Rob Flowers
Rob Flowers is a London-based illustrator who specializes in character design. He’s been a freelance illustrator for over fifteen years, a period in which he has created illustrations for TV commercials, music videos, fashion collections, newspapers, magazines, and even edible posters.
Throughout his career, his illustrations have been published in The New York Times, Time Out, Hollywood Reporter, and Creative Review; in advertising campaigns for Converse, Maynard Bassetts, ASOS, Heely’s, Red Bull, and Pull&Bear; and through collaborations with brands like Nike, Mambo, and Wolf & Badger. He has also designed and directed music videos for Kaiser Chiefs and Tinie Tempah.
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