Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
Materials: Analog and Digital
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: Materials: Analog and Digital
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the tools I work with: traditional ones (mostly colored pencils and paper), a light table, and a Wacom Intuos Pro pen tablet (medium size) which I use with Photoshop.”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: Materials: Analog and Digital, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities. Explore anatomy, perspective, volume, light, and shadow to bring human-like animal characters to life on the page.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Materials: Analog and Digital This course is about designing two characters, one with two legs and the other one with four legs, which are persons. That means I don't want to draw animals, but animals that are human-like. It's important to use references. I use books and images from the internet to find ideas for the design. For the final project, we will put the two characters into a scene where the two of them can interact with each other. The two characters will be designed on paper. For the final project, we will switch to Photoshop. In this lesson, I will show you the tools I'll use ...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration
Florian Satzinger
A course by Florian Satzinger
Florian Satzinger is an Austria-based character designer and visual development artist. Inspired by the classic, hand-drawn Disney films of his childhood, he went on to study fine arts and animation before launching his freelance career. After building a portfolio of advertising projects, he ventured into the animation industry, creating poster and cover art for Looney Tunes Magazine. Impressed by his illustrations, the Vice President of Walt Disney International contacted him and invited him to join the development team.
During his time at Warner Bros. and Disney, Florian collaborated on some of the most iconic cartoon characters in history, including Donald and Daisy Duck, Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Sylvester. He has also worked for businesses like The Zanuck Company, ReelFX, Space Age Films, Psyop, Ravensburger North America, Facebook, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, and Snapchat. In addition to the art he’s created for the animation and comic-book industry, he illustrates satirical cartoon caricatures that are regularly displayed in galleries like the Caricature Museum in Krems, Austria.
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