Specialization in Concept Art: Creative design of characters and scenarios

Overview

“Cutting through some of the jargon used in the industry, we will discuss characters—how we build them, from craft to conceptualization, referring back to the influences for points of wisdom or particular techniques. The focus will be placed on demystifying the process and breaking it down into bite-sized chunks that can be dealt with one at a time. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Treating the Character Like a Person, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Concept Art: Creative design of characters and scenarios. Learn to create immersive worlds and expressive characters through the concept art, with an approach to narration, environments and characters design..

Partial transcription of the video

“ Treating the Character Like a Person Alright, let's get started. First, we'll be talking about the concept part of concept art. The first thing to think about here is a principle or an idea called the seven Ps. Sorry for being rude, but the seven Ps are "prior planning and preparation prevent piss poor performance." The idea here is that before we sit down to put marks on paper and start drawing things, we need to plan ahead. Otherwise, we tend to get tempted to explore things on paper. That sounds nice and creative, but it tends to draw out our ingrained aesthetic rather than think about...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Concept Art: Creative design of characters and scenarios

• Level: Beginner
• 30 students
• 6 units
• 110 lessons (1d 0h 21m)
• 52 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  3D, 3D Modeling, Character Design, Concept Art, Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting