Playful Animated Character Design with Cinema 4D
Color Sketch
A course by Alex Kiesling , Digital Painter, 3D Artist, and Animator
Joined February 2020
About the video: Color Sketch
Overview
“Now I will go over rough coloring and how developing a color can indicate the mood of the piece.”
In this video lesson Alex Kiesling addresses the topic: Color Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Animated Character Design with Cinema 4D. Learn how to model, build, and animate engaging characters using the tools of Cinema 4D and After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Color Sketch In the last lesson, we saw how to sketch out your ideas while also covering the elements and principles of design. Now, I'll show you how to develop a color palette that matches the narrative and mood of your piece. Now that our sketch is done, let's go into the project's color phase. Why we might want to work on coloring versus going right into Cinema 4D or our final project is that color plays an important part in figuring out mood and composition, on top of doing this basic sketch phase we've done. For example, maybe we'll have very saturated areas in some places or values...”
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Course summary for: Playful Animated Character Design with Cinema 4D
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Category
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Software
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Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Character Design, 3D Modeling, Animated Illustration, Animation, Art Direction, Character Animation, Character Design

Alex Kiesling
A course by Alex Kiesling
Alex Kiesling is a digital painter, 3D Artist, and Animator born in Wisconsin, US. He first began exploring art in the early 2000s via Tumblr. He later went on to graduate from Rhode Island School of Design as an illustrator. While still in search of his style, he moved to New York City, and started his career working in a children’s app company. There he found an appreciation for art that was more playful and began growing a following on social media, which attracted clients. He later left his job to pursue his freelance work full-time.
Now, Alex works in editorial and advertising for commercial brands. He has worked for companies including Apple, Google, MTV, Adobe, and The New York Times, and shares his work with over 45K followers on Instagram.
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