Character Design Process: Concept Art and Visual Development
Sketch of prop and environment 1
A course by Francesco Mazza , Character Designer
About the video: Sketch of prop and environment 1
Overview
“My character is finished but will need a prop and an environment, and both will necessarily have to be in style! Let's do a brief thematic research on the very small moodboard prop as we did before but regarding a prop and an environment. ”
In this video lesson Francesco Mazza addresses the topic: Sketch of prop and environment 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 will draw a prop and an environment. We will only draw a small one detail of the environment, necessary to convey the characteristics of style and to explain them to a possible client or to your team. This is what is needed at this stage, you don't need to develop an entire setting. We already have our character that we are going to use as a point of reference. All the designs we create from now on will revolve around him. Let's begin! So far we've drawn the character and we've also defined a style following our references we made choices for all design aspects of our char...”
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Course summary for: Character Design Process: Concept Art and Visual Development
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate -
Areas
Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Francesco Mazza
A course by Francesco Mazza
Francesco Mazza is a character designer and creative director with a distinguished career in the animation and video game industry.
He has worked for renowned studios such as Studio Bozzetto and Blue Zoo Animation, collaborating on projects for Disney Italia, Toyota and the BBC. His passion for visual art has led him to found Kid Onion Studio, where he is currently developing his most ambitious project, "River Tails: Stronger Together".
Francesco's experience covers a wide range of styles and techniques, from artistic direction to the development of visual concepts, marking his career with a constant search for innovation and creative expression.
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