3D Character Design: From Drawing to Modeling

Sketching in Photoshop 1

A course by Segun Samson , Visual Development Artist

100% positive reviews (47)

1,478 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Sketching in Photoshop 1

Overview

“Next, I will show you how to create rough character sketches in Adobe Photoshop, using the references in your mood board. I will illustrate this with my character Ewa, which means beauty in Yoruba. ”

In this video lesson Segun Samson addresses the topic: Sketching in Photoshop 1, 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

“Sketching in Photoshop In this lesson, we'll start sketching our character in Photoshop. In this lesson, I've already opened Photoshop. I already have my file open. These are the details of my file. You come to Image, Image Size, and these are the details. The dimension is 1920 x 1080 and the resolution is 72. For my layout... This is the default Photoshop layout. I like working with my Layer tab out. I open that and expand it. I can delete this other one because I don't really need it and I want more room to work, so I dock it over here. Here, in my Layer channel, I have a background layer...”

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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).