Digital Painting for 2D Illustration
Influences
A course by Matt Sanz , Visual Development Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll know about the artists that influenced my career. Nostalgia plays a big role in my career, as you'll see. ”
In this video lesson Matt Sanz addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Influences Now you know a bit more about me, now we'll talk about the artists that influenced my career. When you've been so obsessed with art for such a long time, you have a library of artists to choose from. It's hard to just pick one. I could say that 90s Disney animation was a huge influence for me. And Hayao Miyazaki and any of the excellent Pixar films from the early 90s and 2000s. If I have to pick one of my favourite artists, it would be Goro Fujita, one of the most talented colour and light artists I've ever seen. He's worked on several DreamWorks films as a visual development art...”
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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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