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Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature

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Overview

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Learn how to design an animal-based character full of emotion and personality in Photoshop
  • Introduction
  • Pre-Production
  • Creating Our Character
  • Creating the Final Character
  • Final Details in Our Character
  • Final project
Anything is possible in the world of character design—all it takes is some creative ideas paired with the right tools to bring them to life. Art director and visual development artist Sam Nassour finds an endless source of inspiration in the shapes, colors, and designs of the animal world. He has worked with major international animation studios including Netflix Animation and Dreamworks TV.

In this course, Sam shows you his entire drawing and character creation process to develop unique and expressive creatures in Photoshop. Explore professional techniques to give shape to your most imaginative creature from start to finish.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Introduction and Materials
  • About Character Design 1
  • About Character Design 2
  • What Makes a Design Appealing
  • Looking for Inspiration
  • Exploratory Sketches 1
  • Exploratory Sketches 2
  • Narrative
  • Refining the Sketch
  • Starting With Flat Colors
  • Lights and Shadows 1
  • Lights and Shadows 2
  • General Polish 1
  • General Polish 2
  • General Polish 3
  • Adding a Background 1
  • Adding a Background 2
  • Adding a Background 3
  • Light Effects, Camera Blur
  • Final Touches 1
  • Final Touches 2
  • Exporting the Final Image and Sharing Your Work
  • Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature

Taught by

Sam Nassour

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