Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
The Loose Lines and Line of Action
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: The Loose Lines and Line of Action
Overview
“Now, I will make the characters more and more visible on a new layer. I will rework the basic design a little and make everything more fluent and dynamic. ”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: The Loose Lines and Line of Action, 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 Loose Lines and Line of Action As we've finished now the basic design and the shapes of the characters, I'll go on with a more specific sketch with a focus on the dynamic features of the characters and I'll add some detail to the drawing, which the drawing also needs to bring the design to the next level. For this, I need another sheet of paper. The perspective stage isn't here right now because I don't need it. I wouldn't say anymore, but for the moment. I'll focus on just the character. I'll have the horse close to the duck's character because they have to interact later on and it m...”
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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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