Creation of Characters: From 2D to 3D
Influences
A course by Matias Zadicoff , Character Designer and Animator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here I will tell you what my influences were and are, in what way I extract what moves me and how I use that information to transform it into something personal, avoiding relapsing into a mere copy. ”
In this video lesson Matias Zadicoff addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creation of Characters: From 2D to 3D. Learn techniques to model, texture, render, and print a 3D character with Substance Painter, V-Ray, and ZBrush.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll talk about my influences, not to tell you what I like personally, but to tell you how I process and decode them to then try to create a personal style, or at least that's my goal. Like many of you, as a kid I watched "The Muppets." I loved the simple shapes of the characters and how fun and expressive they were and how chaotic the show was. Then another big influence was Chuck Jones. I really liked the humor, how out there and grotesque the drawings were. I loved the exaggeration of the postures and expressions. The characterization of the characters. When I ...”
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Course summary for: Creation of Characters: From 2D to 3D
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Substance Painter, V-Ray, ZBrush -
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, Character Design

Matias Zadicoff
A course by Matias Zadicoff
Matias Zadicoff began his career in the multimedia industry. After several years developing corporate websites, he decided to take up 3D design. He later moved to Canada where he worked on 3D projects for the video game company Fuel Industries. In 2005, he returned to Argentina and continued working as a freelancer for various studios around the world and collaborating with clients like Marvel, Disney, Pasozebra, Gizmo, Iacono, and Possible, as well as artists including Joan Manuel Serrat, Joaquin Sabina, and Black Eyed Peas.
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