Fantasy Character Design in Procreate
Creating a Mood Board
A course by Nicholas Kole (nkole) , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Creating a Mood Board
Overview
“Another great tool in the character designer's toolbelt is a great mood board! The research phase is an important way to push yourself out of your comfort zone and bring fresh, grounded ideas into your design work. In this lesson, I'll discuss some best practices for putting together a useful collection of references.”
In this video lesson Nicholas Kole (nkole) addresses the topic: Creating a Mood Board, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantasy Character Design in Procreate. Explore the depths of your imagination to develop original character designs using Procreate, from the initial concept to the final artwork.
Partial transcription of the video
“So for this next part of the process, we are going to get into some of the research. Now, notice we've done a lot of work already without even really properly drawing. And this is going to be the last portion of the process that really happens before we dig into actually drawing the kind of character that we're looking for. I find that the research part of any process is really important. It's very tempting to skip. You can think that you have a clear idea of what something looks like in the back of your And some art styles and ways of doing this kind of work are well served by just going a...”
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Course summary for: Fantasy Character Design in Procreate
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting, Traditional illustration
Nicholas Kole (nkole)
A course by Nicholas Kole (nkole)
Nicholas Kole is a character designer and illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada. He developed a passion for creating characters as a child and knew by high school that it was his calling. He went on to complete a degree in illustration before entering the professional sphere, working across film, television, publishing, video games, trading cards, and toys. He loves the freedom and versatility of digital tools and draws all his designs exclusively in Procreate.
Over the course of his career, he has worked on franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, and collaborated with clients including Disney, Dreamworks, Nintendo, Activision Blizzard, Netflix, Hasbro, Mattel, Warner Bros., and EA Games. He currently holds the role of principal concept artist at Phoenix Labs.
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