Character Design for Concept Art
Light and color
A course by J.Alexander Guillen , Concept Artist, Illustrator, and Sketcher
Joined June 2017
Joined June 2017
About the video: Light and color
Overview
“In this lesson, before I start painting, I will make a compilation about the light and color that I will use to paint.”
In this video lesson J.Alexander Guillen addresses the topic: Light and color, 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. which is about light and color. what we're going to do is gather all the useful information for painting the character and a bit of the background. For this. Since our character is in a desert. we will gather all possible references related to a desert environment. In this scenario. it will be daytime. so we require elements like skies. grounds. stones. and reflective metals. These are essential for our painting. a whole set that we'll keep on one sheet along with all possible references to Then we start painting. So let's get to it. Well. let's begin this Unit 3 on li...”
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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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