Fantasy Character Design in Procreate
Thumbnailing 1
A course by Nicholas Kole (nkole) , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Thumbnailing 1
Overview
“If you can communicate your ideas clearly in the thumbnail stage, in a sloppy tiny sketch, you'll be on track to create a great character design! The blank page can be intimidating, so in this lesson, we'll discuss some exercises and ways of thinking that I've found helpful in overcoming that anxiety. By the end, we'll have a set of thumbnail sketches we can improve on as we go. ”
In this video lesson Nicholas Kole (nkole) addresses the topic: Thumbnailing 1, 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
“ Thumbnailing In this lesson, we will work through some thumbnails. Now that you've had your mood board, done your thinking, and setup a question to ask yourself, we'll be looking into the process of translating some early thoughts into loose visuals. I don't want you to tighten up, but to stay as loose as possible. Feel your way through the drawings. I'll be talking through a process called drawing through, which is a way I think of drawing that keeps it as sketchy, loose, and small as possible. I like doing it on the iPad and I'll demonstrate on it. If you're comfortable using a tool at ...”
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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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