Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
Narrative
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Narrative
Overview
“In this lesson, we will give our character a simple narrative and a story. We will put the character in a particular scene.”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: Narrative, 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
“Narrative In this lesson, we'll give the character some narrative and a story in order to give it more life and be more relatable. I think narrative is a very important aspect of creating believable and interesting illustrations. I think it's much better than creating a character in a stiff pose. When you add a story or an element of narrative to your characters, it makes them much more believable and relatable to the audience. So, let's do that, let's give our character a story. Ok, now that I've picked my favorite design of the bunch, I'm happy with it. I feel like it's not enough to just...”
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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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