Drawing Animal Characters with Human Personalities
Adding Final Colors 1
A course by Florian Satzinger , Character Designer
Joined November 2021
Joined November 2021
About the video: Adding Final Colors 1
Overview
“Based on the already created key colors, we start with the coloring process on both characters, adding the basic color layers below the linework layer.”
In this video lesson Florian Satzinger addresses the topic: Adding Final Colors 1, 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
“ Adding Final Colors Now that we have the cleanup lines available, we can start with the final colors. I will start right now with it. For this, I will hide the layer with the blue sketches... and combine the linework in one new group. I'll add a new layer. The first thing I'll do is not pick the key colors I created in the lessons before but select the area where the color will be placed. I do this with this tool, and I do this with the Quick Mask mode, not coloring the piece but selecting the area where the color would be. That's not gray, that just marks the area where the color will be...”
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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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