Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
About Character Design 1
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: About Character Design 1
Overview
“In this lesson, we will analyze some characters' designs and go through some of the most important drawing principles that are used in the industry. Character design is coming up with unique and interesting ways of representing an idea visually based on a script or something you have in your mind. Now we will go through some sketching techniques that I like to use. Let's dive right in!”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: About Character Design 1, 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
“About Character Design In this lesson, we will analyze some character designs and go through some of the most useful drawing techniques that are used in the industry. For me, character design is coming up with interesting ideas and representing them visually in the best way possible. Maybe exaggerate some things and focus on what makes the character really unique. It could be based on a script or something that you have on your mind. Now we will go through some of the sketching techniques that I'd like to use. Lines & Shapes Let's begin by discussing one of the most important principles...”
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Course summary for: Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
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Category
Illustration -
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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