Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
About Me
A course by Matt Sanz , Visual Development Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this video, I will introduce myself, talk a little bit about what I do and what my inspirations are; a few of my favourite artists, and some of the driving factors in why I create the art that I do. ”
In this video lesson Matt Sanz addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration. Learn how to create conceptual story-driven illustrations for video games and animation.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hi, I'm Matt Sanz, and I'm a visual development artist for games and animation. I've worked for a lot of game companies, producing concepts, helping the creative director decide on the look of the game or animation. Since I was 5 years old, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I enjoyed drawing little things and adding details to them. I was always the artist in my group of friends, family, or the school classroom. Everyone came up to me to draw a dragon or anime character. I was also into video games, playing classic colourful platformers with my brother. These games helped define...”
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Course summary for: Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration

Matt Sanz
A course by Matt Sanz
Matt Sanz is a visual development artist specializing in video games and animation. Based in the UK, his freelance work as a 2D artist and creative director has led him to develop unique visual concepts for a wide range of clients, including BOB, Friday Sundae, IGG, Amazon Games, and more.
Matt graduated with a degree in Game Design and accepted a position as Lead Concept Artist for a studio in China shortly after, opening up a wide range of international opportunities. You can find Matt’s work online and at Artstation.
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