Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature
Light Effects, Camera Blur
A course by Sam Nassour , Art Director and Visual Development Artist
Joined September 2020
Joined September 2020
About the video: Light Effects, Camera Blur
Overview
“In this lesson, we will finalize the illustration with some really cool effects that will give it more depth and a professional look. ”
In this video lesson Sam Nassour addresses the topic: Light Effects, Camera Blur, 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
“Light Effects Camera Blur In this lesson we'll be finalizing the illustration using some of my favorite effects and techniques in order to give the scene more depth and give it a more professional look. Let's dive right in. Let's now experiment with some really cool lighting and camera effects so the scene feels more cinematic and has more depth in it. I'll begin by selecting the Background Color layer, and go to the Filter menu, Blur Gallery and I'll choose Tilt-Shift. Tilt-Shift works a little bit better than the traditional Gaussian Blur, because it gives me more control on where the blu...”
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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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