Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
Character Design: A Matter of Style 1
A course by Dan Kelby , Character Designer
About the video: Character Design: A Matter of Style 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I will examine the two important elements that make up the term “Character Design”. ”
In this video lesson Dan Kelby addresses the topic: Character Design: A Matter of Style 1, 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
“In this lesson, we're going to look at character design. We're going to take the term and break it into the words character and design and take a look at those individually. And then we're gonna finish up the lesson by looking at some stylistic examples of animated TV shows and movies. So that's what we'll do. I thought it would be useful to kick off the course by taking a look at the term character design and what it actually means. I think that some people get a little bit confused when you tell them that you're a character designer so let's just break it down quickly just to help us unde...”
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Course summary for: Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
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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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