Stylized Character Illustration: From Reference to Drawing
Influences
A course by Tasia M S , Illustrator and Character Designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“My influences come from a variety of sources, including my favorite artists, animations, and also beautiful antiques. I try to take elements from all to create my work. You'll find out more about it in this lesson. ”
In this video lesson Tasia M S addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Stylized Character Illustration: From Reference to Drawing. Learn to use reference images to design and create digital illustrations of captivating characters that tell a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I'll talk about my influences and the people who have inspired my work in terms of illustration and character design. The first person who I would say is a good big inspiration in terms of rendering and painting is J. C. Leyendecker. The reason I love his work is because in every painting of his, you can visually see the line strokes. For me, that's a nice thing to try to replicate in terms of digital art. When people look at digital art, they think, "Oh, it's not hand painted, the computer does it," or something like that. To break people out of that mould of t...”
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Course summary for: Stylized Character Illustration: From Reference to Drawing
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Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Tasia M S
A course by Tasia M S
Tasia MS is a freelance illustrator and character designer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a self-taught artist who’s love for drawing comes from a young age, when she would sketch the models from the pages of her mother’s fashion books.
While studying 3D and 2D design, she noticed that the illustrations she had created in her free time were getting a lot of attention on social media and getting her jobs. It was then that she realized her true passion was character design and opted to go at it full-time. She has since worked with large studios such as DC Comics, Mubi, Clip Studio Paint, 3DTotal, WarnerMedia, and HBO. She has also designed book covers and comic covers.
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