Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
Exaggerating Life 5
A course by Dan Kelby , Character Designer
About the video: Exaggerating Life 5
Overview
“One thing I want to emphasise in this lesson is that the reference is just the starting point and that it is okay to change it and mix multiple references. ”
In this video lesson Dan Kelby addresses the topic: Exaggerating Life 5, 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
“Same sort of thing. She's got these great square shapes. Well, her dress is kind of tapered in, but let's start with some big shapes first. Let's flip our canvas round. I think our head's probably a bit large as well. Do you like the long neck? Let's make the dress longer. Just for fun. And let's put her feet. further apart to make her look more confident. It's amazing what that can do. Changing the stance on a character. something really, really simple can instantly make them feel like a different person. So now she's got this kind of wide distance between her feet, she looks more in contr...”
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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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