Character Design for Concept Art

Overview

“The first thing before we start to draw will be to look for the references that will guide us in the first sketches. This exercise is very important because this way we will be clear from the beginning what we need and it will save us a lot of time later, since we will not have to constantly look for references, we will just draw.”

In this video lesson J.Alexander Guillen addresses the topic: Character creation and reference search, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Design for Concept Art. Learn to create your own protagonists with no limit but your own imagination.

Partial transcription of the video

“Hello. in this lesson on character creation and reference searching. what we'll basically do is find references that will be useful for the character design. As you'll see. there are many. and we're going attempt to organize them all on a sheet. adding comments on each aspect. I've already done this in prevent any delays. I didn't dedicate much time to it. but it's a helpful step to ensure everything is clear So you'll see that you can spend between 10-15 minutes. 1 hour. or even 2 hours on this entire search. It's a very important search because it will streamline the entire final process....”

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Course summary for: Character Design for Concept Art

• Level: Intermediate
• 98% positive reviews (289)
• 5701 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 3m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Game Design, Traditional illustration, Video Games