Creative Character Design for Products
Influences
A course by Rob Flowers , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will discuss the things that influence my work. ”
In this video lesson Rob Flowers addresses the topic: Influences , 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
“Influences My work has a distinctive style to it developed over a number of years. It's been influenced by a lot of things, here I'll talk about some of my favourites. First of all I'll talk about scratch and sniff stickers. This was a big collecting phenomenon from when I was a child and we used to collect and swap different examples. The basic premise is self-explanatory from the name. You scratched the sticker revealing the smell, so this would correspond to the design on it. So if there was a burger and you scratched the sticker you'd be able to smell what was supposed to be a burger. T...”
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Course summary for: Creative Character Design for Products
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Category
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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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