Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
Influences
A course by Tom Fox , Drawing Instructor and Storyboard Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“ I’d like to talk about some of the artists that have really inspired me over the years and how they’ve influenced the way I work. ”
In this video lesson Tom Fox addresses the topic: Influences , 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'll take a look at some of my biggest influences. and some of the artists that have inspired me throughout my years of learning. So although I'm a drawing instructor these days, I think I'm in a unique situation because I've worked all those years as a storyboard artist. And I think that some of those skills have transferred over from storyboarding and allowed me to teach figure drawing in a way It's a little bit different to the way that most people approach it. So a lot of my inspirations are actually board artists. Or directors. Um, They've heavily influenced the way th...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
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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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