Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
Lights and Shadows 2
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Lights and Shadows 2
Overview
“Here I will apply some sky light effects to those parts of the character that are not directly lit by the sun. I will also show you my favorite adjustment layers.”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: Lights and Shadows 2, 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
“Lights and Shadows Let me explain something about indirect lighting. I'm gonna create a new layer and call it Skylight. So, the skylight is a light that is coming from above, usually. It's a very diffused light and it's a light that is coming from the sky, and usually has a bluish tint. So, I'm clipping this Skylight layer to the same Flat colors base, so we have the Flat colors, Shadow, Skylight. Both of them are clipped to the Flat colors. So, in the Skylight layer, I'm using a soft brush here to fill in those shadows with the blue color that is coming from the sky. I'm increasing the siz...”
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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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