Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters

Influences

A course by Andrés Moncayo , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

83% positive reviews (12)

782 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Influences

Overview

“In this lesson I will tell you about some of my inspirations, I hope you like them and they inspire you too.”

In this video lesson Andrés Moncayo addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters. Design characters full of movement and color from scratch.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson I will talk about the things that inspire me to work. From a very young age I was always very interested in animation and video games, thanks to series like Thundercats, whose characters I loved, and it also has one of the best animated intros to date. Another of my inspirations was Dragon Ball, which if I remember correctly was my introduction to anime and manga. This type of animation and very different characters for the time left a great mark on me, and what I liked the most about this one were the facial expressions and its anatomy, which was totally different from what ...”

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Course summary for: Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters

Level: Beginner
83% positive reviews (12)
782 students
5 units
15 lessons (2h 17m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate
Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

Andrés Moncayo

A course by Andrés Moncayo

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Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Andrés Moncayo was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. He worked for several years in advertising agencies such as Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson and has been an illustrator and art director for his entire career. He has won several national and international advertising and illustration awards. Currently, he works as an Art Director and illustrator in New York.

He has developed a style of blocks and straight lines combined with a colored pencil texture that has evolved over the years. Specializing in character design, his illustrations focus on pop culture and subjects he enjoys such as video games, comics, and anime.