Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
Introduction and Materials
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Introduction and Materials
Overview
“In this lesson I will teach you my favorite tools and shortcuts in Photoshop.”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: Introduction and Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature. Learn how to design an animal-based character full of emotion and personality in Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction and Materials Now I'll show you the tools you need to start with this course. I'm gonna be mainly using Photoshop, but you can feel free to use any sketching, digital painting program like Procreate or Clip Studio. I like using Wacom tablets with Photoshop. The reason I like them is I like to look at the screen directly without my hand being in the way, but feel free to use a Cintiq or an Apple Pencil if you have an iPad. Now I'll teach you some of my favorite shortcuts and the tools that I use within Photoshop that will help you in your character design process. Now that we ha...”
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Course summary for: Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Sam Nassour
A course by Sam Nassour
Sam Nassour is an art director and visual development artist in the animation and video game industry. Although Sam enjoyed drawing since a young child, he decided to study architecture at university, which paved new creative paths in the fields of design language and 3D space creation. Later on, he decided to pursue his real passion: creating visual characters and stories in the animation and entertainment industry.
He finds his inspiration in nature and the animal kingdom, which can always be found in his designs; whether it be through shapes, colors, or designs. Sam has worked with several major animation studios around the world, including Netflix Animation and Dreamworks TV. He is currently working on a new game project with Rovio.
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