Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
Adding a Background 1
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Adding a Background 1
Overview
“In this lesson we will create a simple environment for our character that feels natural in order to complete the scene.”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: Adding a Background 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
“Adding a Background In this lesson, we'll create a simple environment that feels natural for our character and completes the scene. Let's get to it. I'm thinking a nice forest background since he's traveling somewhere, going on an adventure. Let's start by creating a layer and dragging it underneath. I'm gonna call it Background Sketch. Let's actually scale this character down a bit. So, it's not really taking the whole space. I'm gonna place him a bit to the right, so that we have this feeling of moving somewhere. So, I want this part to be empty. Let's go back to the Background Sketch and...”
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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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