Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
The Reference Laboratory
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: The Reference Laboratory
Overview
“Using references from all kinds of sources helps me create a unique style theme for my characters. In this lesson, I will explain how I collect references and ideas for designing the characters.”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: The Reference Laboratory, 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
“ The Reference Laboratory This lesson will be about references that we use to create the characters. If you remember I showed you this book in the Influences lesson. I'll use this again to find some interesting references for designing the characters. There's an image that caught my eye, which shows two people on a motorcycle. I would like to use the costume the man is wearing, who is riding the motorcycle, for the duck character I'm about to create during this course. I will use the features of this character on the motorcycle for the duck character I'm planning to do. For instance, the f...”
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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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