Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
About Me
A course by Tom Fox , Drawing Instructor and Storyboard Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“First, I’ll tell you a little about myself, what got me interested in art and my artistic path. ”
In this video lesson Tom Fox addresses the topic: About Me , which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination. Learn how to translate people and places from your mind into lively scenes on a page.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to go into a little bit about who I am, what I do, and how I got started in art. My name is Tom Fox. I've been a professional artist for over 10 years now. I started out doing concept art, then I moved on to storyboarding for five or six years, and these days I'm teaching figure drawing online. So I've worked at the line animation, other animations, BBC Natural History Unit and Universal Studios. I got into drawing because I read a book and by Malcolm Gladwell about how if you do 10,000 hours in something, you can become an international level at that skill. And ...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Tom Fox
A course by Tom Fox
Tom Fox is a figure drawing instructor and storyboard artist who has worked in the animation industry for more than ten years. He studied zoology at university but, frustrated by the lack of practical skills involved, decided to take up drawing alongside his studies. He spent the next five years honing his craft through short courses and online resources and has worked for Universal Studios, Aardman Animations, The BBC, and Axis Animation.
As well as working as a professional storyboard artist, Tom focuses on reducing complex subjects like perspective and anatomy into an easy-to-follow process for teaching online.
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