Design of Characters for Video Games and Apps
Influences
A course by Nicolas Castro , Illustrator and character designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will share the great influences that inspire my work and that, day by day, help me grow, improve and continue to learn with great passion.”
In this video lesson Nicolas Castro addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Now that you know my journey, I will tell you what my influences are when illustrating. I like to work with colorful and happy characters. Much of my influences are marked by Kawaii art and for video game designs. Actually, I admire many people. I have many references to illustrate, but there are some very specific ones that I will talk about. Within Kawaii art there are personalities and studies that have left a mark in my current style and many of those people are great references. Birduyen, Caramelau, studios like Kudasai, Luli Bunny, Pamela Barbieri they have designs that with colors, t...”
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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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