Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
Finding Positions
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: Finding Positions
Overview
“First, we have to find the right position for the characters and add additional details or features to them. Probably, some changes have to be made to the pose and facial expression. ”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: Finding Positions, 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
“ Finding Positions Now that we have the scans available in Photoshop, we'll start with the cleanup process, the linework. Before I do the linework, I'll start bringing both the characters to an ideal pose where they can work with each other and interact with each other. We are in Photoshop now. We have two layers, a layer for the duck and a layer for the horse. I can move them around easily and find a nice position for them on the canvas. Scale it down a bit. Next, I will draw a new horizon. I tip on the blue color, add a new layer, Grid, and position the layer over here. Get the blue colo...”
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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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