Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color, and Expression
Researching References
A course by Laura Ewing Ferrer , Character Designer and Storyboarder
About the video: Researching References
Overview
“In this lesson, we will explore the world of references. Research is your best friend. Try to spend a couple of hours finding different images that inspire you and spark ideas. We will go over this together, let’s go!”
In this video lesson Laura Ewing Ferrer addresses the topic: Researching References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color, and Expression. Reveal your character’s personality by working on a concept and illustrate it using Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to look at references. Research is your best friend. So try and spend a couple of hours just looking for things that will spark ideas. We're going to do this together. Let's go. So now we have a brief. We've got to keep checking it just to make sure that we don't forget anything important. and just make sure that it's always according to brief. What I'm going to look for now is the basic one, the first one, Thus, Viking. So let's start with that. Let's see what comes up. Well, of course, we're going to have a lot of the show from the biking show coming up. That's...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color, and Expression
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Drawing
Laura Ewing Ferrer
A course by Laura Ewing Ferrer
Laura Ewing is a freelance illustrator and storyboarder with a passion for animation. As a young girl, she would spend hours watching documentaries and DVD extras of her favorite animated films, in disbelief that creating these stories was a real job.
She went on to study Graphic Design, with a specialization in illustration, to then study Fine Art at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy, and obtained her Master’s degree in storyboarding at Lightbox Academy.
Her diverse experience in the industry includes working in-house at Smile and Learn, as well as working as a freelance artist for documentaries, pilot series, and publishing houses. She most recently worked on a storyboarding project for a live-action movie, which will be released in 2021 and for Madrid 2120 as a storyboard artist, which received this year’s Goya award for best short animation.
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