Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation

Coming up with a Character Concept

A course by Max Prentis , Illustrator

100% positive reviews (37)

1,724 students

Audio: English, Spanish

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About the video: Coming up with a Character Concept

Overview

“The time has come to conceptualize your character! I will show you how to make a mood board that will help you to solidify and streamline your ideas. This can be used as a reference point later when drafting the character. I encourage you to explore a wide variety of sources, themes, and mediums to help you think outside the box. ”

In this video lesson Max Prentis addresses the topic: Coming up with a Character Concept, which is part of the Domestika online course: Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation. Illustrate your vision of the future by creating unique characters filled with color, texture, and patterns using both analog and digital tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Coming up with a Character Concept In this lesson, we'll conceptualise our character for the final project. To begin with, I usually create a mood board and build it in Photoshop. This is a personal piece, so make it your own. This is my mood board here. I created it in Photoshop. Generally, I try to personalise it to me and what I like. For this piece, I've started with a few poses. These two poses here are going to be the basis of the position of my character in which she will stand. Other things that I've added are random things that I like. Mainly the clothing over here. I've tried to...”

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Course summary for: Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (37)
1724 students
5 units
19 lessons (3h 44m)
6 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Max Prentis

A course by Max Prentis

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Illustrator

Max Prentis is a freelance illustrator who specializes in ink and digital art for character-focused illustration. Encouraged by his parents, he began drawing from a young age and eventually went on to study illustration. After graduating, he began sharing his art on social media before going on to focus on his freelance work full-time in 2016.

Throughout his career, Max has worked with brands such as Intel, Google, Nike, and Avex, and with animation companies like Goldenwolf, Cartoon Network, and Nexus. He also worked with musician Tokimonsta's on her Grammy-nominated album Lune Rouge. Alongside his client work, Max continues to share his work with over 130K followers on Instagram.