Character Design for Concept Art
Material and pre-sketch
A course by J.Alexander Guillen , Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Sketcher
Joined June 2017
Joined June 2017
About the video: Material and pre-sketch
Overview
“Before we start to draw, I will show you the materials that I will use in my case. Each one of you can choose your own materials, those with which you feel most comfortable.”
In this video lesson J.Alexander Guillen addresses the topic: Material and pre-sketch, 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 I'm going to introduce you to the various materials I use. primarily consisting of markers. different types of pens. and high-quality papers. We will be using these tools to explore and our initial sketch ideas. In this session. i will demonstrate using various markers or pens to illustrate what kinds of brushes best and those that don’t suit well at all. We’ll kick things off by introducing each material individually. As our first example. we’ll look into the Copic marker. a popular choice for concept art because it has an unusual. more rectangular tip instead of a st...”
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Course summary for: Character Design for Concept Art
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Game Design, Traditional illustration, Video Games
J.Alexander Guillen
A course by J.Alexander Guillen
Digital and concept artist J. Alexander Guillen works in the film and video game industry designing a whole host of characters and their backdrops. He has been collaborating with companies such as Filmax Animation, Epic Games, Grin, Post23, Digital Domain, and Ubisoft for over a decade and his work has appeared in books and magazines including 2DArtMagazine, Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting, Concept Magazine, and The Art of Alexander.
His work consists of distilling the ideas of creative directors, producers, and his own dreams and nightmares into images.
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