Character Design: Develop Your Own Style
Being Your Authentic Self
A course by Dan Kelby , Character Designer
About the video: Being Your Authentic Self
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you why being authentic is so important in your work, regardless of the industry you want to get into. ”
In this video lesson Dan Kelby addresses the topic: Being Your Authentic Self, 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
“Being Your Authentic Self Now I'll speak about being your authentic self when you design. As character designers, it's important to keep pushing the envelope of the visual world and try to come up with new and exciting ways to look at things. A simple trap get into when you're a younger designer, it's something I did myself, is to emulate the work of those we admire and let that stifle our own creative development. As artists, whichever stage you are at on the artistic career path, it's a job where you're learning and you're taking in outside influences. You never stop learning as a designe...”
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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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