3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling

About Me

A course by Segun Samson , Visual Development Artist

100% positive reviews (47)

1,478 students

Audio: English

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About the video: About Me

Overview

“First, I'd like to introduce myself and tell you about my journey as a character designer for film and games.”

In this video lesson Segun Samson addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling. Give a new dimension to characters by creating your protagonist in Photoshop before giving it depth and volume with ZBrush and Maya.

Partial transcription of the video

“About Me Hello, my name is Segun Samson. I'm a character designer from Nigeria. I work in the game and movie industry. I am a self-taught artist. I learned most of my skills from YouTube, took some online courses and I learned a lot from the mentors. I decided to be a comic artist when I saw the first comic book "Dark Edge" after secondary school. That inspired me to want to do comics. It was the first time I saw a comic book made by Nigerians in Nigeria. That changed everything for me. When I started designing, I started sharing my work on Facebook with many artists there. I got my first j...”

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Course summary for: 3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (47)
1478 students
4 units
19 lessons (4h 38m)
9 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Maya, ZBrush
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Segun Samson

A course by Segun Samson

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Visual Development Artist

Segun Samson has been working as a visual development artist with a focus on character design for over eight years. His love for animated movies, comics, and video games began when he was a child, and it's what motivated him to start creating his own characters and worlds as a profession. He is a self-taught artist who learned through mentorship classes and online art courses. He landed his first full-time job working as a comic artist for one of the biggest films in West Africa and hasn’t looked back since.

He has worked for companies like Triggerfish Animation, Lantern Books, Dreamcast Animation Studio, Gamsole, Genii Games, Flaunt Production (Monster High: Electrified), and Sunrise Productions (Jungle Beat: The Movie).