Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
General Polish 1
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: General Polish 1
Overview
“In this lesson we will be flatting our lighting layers and adding more details and refinement in our character, with special attention in the eyes, facial expression and backpack.”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: General Polish 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
“General Polish In this lesson we'll be flattening our lighting layers and continue to add some refinement to our character using some painting techniques, paying special attention to the eyes, the facial expression and the backpack. So let's do that. These lighting layers give us the foundation of a convincing lighting setup, but I don't like to switch layers always and work super technically with blending modes. Let's merge them all together and treat the whole thing as a painting. I'm gonna click on the color balance here. With the Shift key, click on the flat columns, and I'll group all ...”
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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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