Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
Adding Colour
A course by Dan Kelby , Character Designer
About the video: Adding Colour
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll show you how I colour my character designs using the file structure I showed you before. I always use this approach, whether it be for clients or my own personal work. It’s really important to be able to change your colours easily and quickly so that you can save yourself time and avoid having to repaint things. ”
In this video lesson Dan Kelby addresses the topic: Adding Colour, 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 next lesson, we're going to start coloring our line artwork layer. I'll begin by blocking out a basic color layer. And then above that, I'm going to add clipping masks for every element of my design. Let's get started. I've imported my final line artwork layer into Procreate at the same file size, so it's 300 dpi at A4. I much prefer using Procreate to colour my work because it feels more natural to me. I also like using the Apple Pencil. but if you don't have a copy of Procreate, don't worry, you can still follow along with this stage. You can use Photoshop or you can use Clip Stud...”
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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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