Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
Adding a Background 2
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Adding a Background 2
Overview
“I will work on the effects of light on the different surfaces of the background and will continue to apply small modifications on the character.”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: Adding a Background 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
“Adding a Background Using the Eraser tool now to just refine those bits. And maybe one more layer here behind the background. So it gives us more depth here, maybe you can do some random brushstrokes. Maybe a bit warmer, giving us like a hopeful feeling with the light. And we can do effects later on to improve that feeling of depth. Choosing colors that are kind of subtle, almost desaturated, just not to compete too much with the character. And we can tweak those colors later. That's fine. Ok, so let's go back to the trees for a little bit, and just continue refining some of these lines, an...”
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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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