Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters

Character Characteristics

A course by Andrés Moncayo , Graphic Designer and Illustrator

83% positive reviews (12)

788 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Character Characteristics

Overview

“I will start by explaining how to define the physical characteristics and history of a character, this will be the base you will have before sketching.”

In this video lesson Andrés Moncayo addresses the topic: Character Characteristics, 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 we are going to establish the characteristics and the story of our character. This is important so that you feel that our character lives in a world and that there is a story behind it. The first question that we are going to ask ourselves when making our character is what's its purpose? For my final project I chose that my character is going to be a bounty hunter and that he does his job while helping a girl to escape from her planet. Our next question will be if our character is good, bad or maybe both. For my character I have decided that this is going to be good but that ...”

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Course summary for: Design & Illustration of Dynamic Characters

Level: Beginner
83% positive reviews (12)
788 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.