Character Design for Concept Art

Sketching ideas

A course by J.Alexander Guillen , Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Sketcher

Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Sketcher. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined June 2017
98% positive reviews (289)
5,642 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

About the video: Sketching ideas

Overview

“In this lesson I will give shape to the first ideas of the character based on lines, forms or various ideas that will make us see a little more clearly where we want to focus it.”

In this video lesson J.Alexander Guillen addresses the topic: Sketching ideas, 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

“Well, in this lesson we are going to do the sketch of ideas ... is the most creative part of whole process. What I'm going to do in my case, is to work with markers and brushes on paper; and the paper really is not important, can be higher grain or lower grain; but the important thing is that expansion of ideas that you can have. And well, in my case is a process that can last between 15 minutes. 2 hours and one day. Because what is it that draw ideas. can last a long time. What I've done is, have already taken it out previously. And what I'm going to do is show you, the why, the how and wh...”

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Course summary for: Character Design for Concept Art

  • Level: Intermediate
  • 98% positive reviews (289)
  • 5642 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

J.Alexander Guillen

J.Alexander Guillen
A course by J.Alexander Guillen

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Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Sketcher

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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  • 15 lessons (2h 3m)
  • 16 additional resources (6 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese
  • Level: Intermediate
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Character Design for Concept Art. Illustration course by J.Alexander Guillen

Character Design for Concept Art

A course by J.Alexander Guillen
Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Sketcher. Barcelona, Spain.
Joined June 2017
  • 98% positive reviews (289)
  • 5,642 students