Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
Story and Reference Photos
A course by Magdalina Dianova , Character Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: Story and Reference Photos
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll explain how I come up with the stories and descriptions of my characters. I’ll share some simple questions that you can answer when you start building your own character to make them more believable. I’ll also teach you how to use reference pictures effectively. ”
In this video lesson Magdalina Dianova addresses the topic: Story and Reference Photos, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality. Discover dynamic character design by learning to tell a story through expressions, poses, clothing, and more.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Story and Reference Photos In this lesson, we'll talk about the story and mood board. First, we need some description for our character and this can come from many different places. Maybe you have a character brief from a client or you have a class assignment, so you are provided the details there. In my case, I had to think of something myself. I thought of one of my best friends who is a filmmaker and he sometimes sent me pictures from sets when he learned to work. I always thought that was fascinating and inspiring, so I decided to draw a character based on that. Thinking about that, I...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Character Design, Drawing, Narrative, Sketching, Storyboard, Storytelling
Magdalina Dianova
A course by Magdalina Dianova
Magdalina Dianova is a self-taught freelance character designer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. From the moment she began drawing regularly, she posted her work, largely portraits, online for feedback. Initially this helped her improve and later became the way she attracted work. Clients regularly contacted her for commissions and she collaborated with various publishers. Later, she worked as an assistant character designer at an animation studio.
Since then Magdalina has continued to work in the animation industry as well as making her own online tutorials about drawing and character design. She has worked for clients including DreamWorks TV, Spin Master, and 3dtotal, and on projects such as the character design book Heroines, and the short film Goodbye Mr.Octopus, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival.
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