Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
Creating the Lines
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: Creating the Lines
Overview
“Now, you will see how I create the linework on both characters. Here is a tip: sometimes it's quite helpful to use the rotation function in Photoshop (shortcut "r"). ”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: Creating the Lines, 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
“ Creating the Lines In this lesson, we're doing the linework, the cleanup lines. I'll start with blue lines, and on an additional layer, I will add the black lines, the inking. I'll start with it right now. The first thing I'll do is create a new layer above all the other ones, and I'll call it "Lines A" because there will be a "Lines B" too. I'll start with a semi-cleanup with blue color, and then I'll go over it with black, but first things first, I'll start with this Lines A and I'll build a group... with all the layers below the new layer. Then I will reduce the Opacity of those sketch...”
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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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