Introduction to Concept Art For Expressive Character Design
Gesture Drawing
A course by Sammy Khalid (Chigg) , Concept Designer, Illustrator, and NFT Artist
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: Gesture Drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, I will demonstrate how to achieve dynamic figures through gesture drawing. The key aspects I will cover are the line of action, opposing curves, and balance. ”
In this video lesson Sammy Khalid (Chigg) addresses the topic: Gesture Drawing, 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
“ Gesture Drawing Now, we’ll touch on figure drawing specifically gesture drawing. Gesture drawing is very important in my process as I like to get fluidity and movement in as early as possible. The things I’ll cover are line of action, opposing curves, and balance. Let's get started. Firstly, I'll talk about the line of action. Now, with gesture drawings, you're trying to capture movement. When it comes to figure drawing, the more detail you add to the figure, the stiffer it starts to look, it loses the energy, like a little napkin sketch might have. When it comes to drawing figures, for m...”
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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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