Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
Colour Me Happy 1
A course by Dan Kelby , Character Designer
About the video: Colour Me Happy 1
Overview
“I used to be terrified of colour: it was a mysterious science that I thought I would never understand! In this lesson, you will take a look at colour and its rules. ”
In this video lesson Dan Kelby addresses the topic: Colour Me Happy 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 talk about color. Now I know what you're thinking, color's really scary, but don't worry, we'll get through it together. I'm going to break down one of my files for you and show you the color structure, and we're also going to cover some color theory. So let's have a look. It's easy to think of color as a bit of an afterthought when we design, but I encourage you to think about it a little bit more carefully and learn how you can manipulate it to give your audience a particular feeling about a character or a scene. In these screenshots from various movies, we ...”
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Course summary for: Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
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Category
Illustration -
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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