Drawing Journal: Create Fantasy Characters
Character Design Tips
A course by Guille Rancel , Illustrator
About the video: Character Design Tips
Overview
“Finally, I want to give you some final tips on character design. I will take advantage of some sketches from my pad to explain it better. ”
In this video lesson Guille Rancel addresses the topic: Character Design Tips, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Journal: Create Fantasy Characters. Learn to draw expressive and original creatures through a combination of exercises and sketches in your journal.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. i will teach you some tips to improve your character design. I will use some sketches from my blog to explain it better. Remember. your blog is a place for experimentation. so don't be too afraid to mistakes. It's interesting to try filling all the pages. as well as trying different techniques. or drawing real-life references you see on the street. Begin by focusing on the overall concept rather than specifics. Start with broad strokes; create tiny thumbnails first. This approach ensures you maintain a general perspective without getting lost in detail. Try character variati...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Journal: Create Fantasy Characters
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Character Design, Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching

Guille Rancel
A course by Guille Rancel
Guille Rancel is an illustrator and character designer. Specialized in cartoon style, he is inspired by mythology and nature, telling little stories with each drawing and
his work as a cartoonist for the comic Sorunne is among his most well-known.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated as art director on Emi the Dream Catcher, a series of comics, music videos, and children's animations and worked as a character designer for animation companies such as Promineo, B-Water, and Animation Mentor. He has also participated in magazines such as CDQ, Imagine FX, and Storytime Magazine as well as character design books including Masters Of Anatomy (Volume 2: Robin Hood) and How to Draw Expressive Faces and Hands) and 3dTotal's Character Design Collection (Heroines and Fairy Tales & Folklore). In addition, he has given character design workshops at La Galería Roja and Donde Doré.
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