Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
The Perspective Stage
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: The Perspective Stage
Overview
“Setting up a "perspective stage" for designing the characters is like building a workshop room on the canvas before the characters are "let in". Here, you will learn how to create a three-dimensional space or room on a two-dimensional medium. ”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: The Perspective Stage, 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 Perspective Stage In this lesson, we will talk about and draw a perspective stage. I call it the perspective stage as it is like the sound stage in a film. It is the place where our character will appear. In this lesson, I won't draw a character. I'll draw the space for the character where the character will appear. This is very simple. I will start with a simple horizon line... and create a grid. You don't need a ruler. It's all freehand... to get a feel for a space or ground where your character can be drawn. What helps me a lot is to set a certain space or part of this drawing for ...”
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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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