Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps
Presentation
A course by Nicolas Castro , Illustrator and character designer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you who I am, what my journey as an illustrator in the world of video games has been, for whom I have worked and I will show you some of my personal projects.”
In this video lesson Nicolas Castro addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps. Learn to create characters and show them in a style guide.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hi, my name is Nicolás Castro, I am an illustrator specialized in designing characters for video games, mobile platforms and social networks. I am Colombian and I have lived here in Argentina for more than ten years. I have nine years of experience working in video games and character design. Living in Colombia I studied Social Communication because I was very interested in this part of communicating different concepts and feelings and be able to show my work from that point of view. The problem was that the race was very focused on journalism and it didn't represent what I wanted to do. I ...”
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Course summary for: Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
App Development, Character Design, Digital Illustration, Game Design, Video Games

Nicolas Castro
A course by Nicolas Castro
Nicolás Castro is a Colombian illustrator based in Buenos Aires (Argentina), specialized in the design of characters with almost a decade of experience working in the field of video games for web, social networks and mobile platforms.
Among its clients are Disney, Cartoon Network and Lego, as well as developers in Russia, Australia and Singapore. He currently works as Game Artist in the company Etermax, studio responsible for the development of the renowned games Asses and Apalabrados.
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