Character Design Process: Concept Art and Visual Development

Overview

“In this lesson I will tell you about the choice I made of the themes and I will begin to do the first research which is, in fact, the thematic research. I'll open Google and copy and paste the images I like best into my Photoshop canvas. I will try to give a time limit to the research because, although the research is important, we must be able to say enough! ”

In this video lesson Francesco Mazza addresses the topic: Get inspired and create the mood board 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Design Process: Concept Art and Visual Development. Learn the techniques and principles of character design to bring your unique characters to life. .

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson. we select themes. perform a stylistic search. and ultimately craft a mood board to guide our Remember when in previous lessons we mentioned that initiating a project becomes significantly simpler if kick things off with a burst of creativity? This instance perfectly illustrates the concept of Inspired by owls. i've recently seen them and their images. sparking my interest to draw them. I thought it would be a wonderful idea to capture their essence in art. and create a project related to owls. Moreover. i attended an exhibition. Joaquin Sorolla. a Spanish Impressionist paint...”

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Course summary for: Character Design Process: Concept Art and Visual Development

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (31)
• 1613 students
• 4 units
• 26 lessons (5h 14m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration