Introduction to Concept Art For Expressive Character Design
Influences
A course by Sammy Khalid (Chigg) , Concept Designer, Illustrator, and NFT Artist
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: Influences
Overview
“The people you admire are very influential to the type of artist you will become. These influences form your artistic DNA. In this lesson, I will teach you the key artists that influenced me and shaped my early understanding of painting and design.”
In this video lesson Sammy Khalid (Chigg) addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Concept Art For Expressive Character Design. Learn to create a lively original character from start to finish by exploring the fundamentals of color, light, and design.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I'll teach you about the key artists that helped shape my understanding of painting and design. The very first art book I bought was "Structura 2: The Art of Sparth." This book was my first introduction into digital painting. Before this, I took for granted how images such as these were made. I didn't understand that it was a person who painted these. When I realised this, it blew my mind. I've looked over this book thousands of times in awe of where he got his inspiration from and how he managed to do this as there were so many paintings. I'd spend hours lookin...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Concept Art For Expressive Character Design
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration
Sammy Khalid (Chigg)
A course by Sammy Khalid (Chigg)
Sammy Khalid, known online as Chigg, is a concept designer, illustrator, and NFT artist. Born to a Sudanese father and Filipino mother, he spent his early childhood in the Philippines but grew up in Dublin, Ireland. Chigg originally studied computer science with the goal of becoming a software engineer but this didn’t fuel his passion for drawing and painting. Later, he was able to pursue a career that married elements of his interests together with his tech savviness. Most of Chiggs work involves designing characters, sets, vehicles, and props, for film, TV, and animation, utilizing both 2D and 3D approaches.
With a broad range of interests and a fervor for learning new skills, Chigg views his creative process as an evolution. He sees drawing, painting, and design as a visual representation of the work that you invest, what you’ve learned, and how well you understand the world around you. Chigg has worked for clients around the world including Warner Bros, Disney, Riot Games, and Netflix, and across titles such as Black Mirror, War of the Worlds series, and Artemis Fowl.
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