Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
About Me
A course by Dan Kelby , Character Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“My name is Dan Kelby and I’m a Character Designer working in the Animation Industry. I was born in a small town in the middle of England and studied Animation at college in a city called Norwich, which is where I have lived ever since. I am a freelancer in the industry, which means I work remotely for clients all over the world from my home studio. Over the years I have had the pleasure of working for many fantastic companies including Netflix, Disney Television Animation, and Cartoon Network. My journey from student to professional was an interesting one and didn’t go quite as I had planned, which is true for many artists. In this lesson, I will tell you about that journey and how I became a character designer. ”
In this video lesson Dan Kelby addresses the topic: About Me , which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Design: Develop Your Own Style. Learn how to play with the proportions, shapes, and expressions of your protagonists using professional stylistic techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi, my name is Stan Kelby and I'm a character designer working in the animation industry. In this lesson, I'm going to tell you a little bit about myself. I've always been drawing ever since I was young and it's just something that I've always grown up with. My dad used to be an architect and he used to paint watercolours of birds, which kind of influenced me from a younger age. And I was always around art. I was very lucky as a kid to grow up with parents who encouraged it. I just remember being that kid at school that always used to draw all the time and was known for being the artist. An...”
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Course summary for: Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Dan Kelby
A course by Dan Kelby
Dan Kelby is a freelance character designer from England who specializes in designing for the animation industry. He grew up in a creative family, inspired by cartoons and movies from the 80s and 90s, and eventually went on to study animation at Norwich University of Arts. After graduating, he worked as a graphic designer for a number of years before rediscovering his love of drawing and becoming a full-time freelance character designer in 2016.
Since then, Dan has worked for clients including Netflix, Disney Television Animation, and Cartoon Network. He also teaches classes part-time at his former university to help others improve their drawing.
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