Fundamentals of Character Design
Chapter 1 - Intro
Chapter 2 - Designing From Life
Chapter 3 - Visual Association
Chapter 4 - Finding Your Characters Personality
Chapter 5 - Creating Form in Abstract Shapes
Chapter 6 - Breaking Down Shapes
Chapter 7 - Staging Your Character
Chapter 8 - Creating Appealing Characters
In this lesson we'll focus on designing characters from life!
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@starar
4mo
May I ask where I can find the assignment reference file
Ben Nunn
1yr
I had a lot of fun with these even if they took me a while. I think there's a clear distinction between my first session (the first page) and all proceeding sessions, I gained a lot of confidence during that second one which helped me push and pull the drawings a lot more than I was previously willing to.
There are a few standouts that I'm really pleased with though I will say I wasn't really sure what David meant by not drawing caricatures but designs. My interpretation was that the people used as reference were more like inspiration than direct subjects. I think I'll continue this practice in the future and I'm looking forward to continuing the course.
The Shere Khan drawing was also quite fun and led me to look more into Milt Kahl's amazing work. I developed a deeper appreciation for art that I'd already loved for decades which was a great experience.
Vue Thao
2yr
On that day, there were some people busy doing their job while others were doing their business chilling. I also drew my relatives and my pet chickens.
david ball
3yr
1) Cafe Sketches (In Green)
2) Figure Drawing
3) Figure Drawing + Design /Shadow Shapes
4) Depressed Shapes (2 images)
@nothanks
3yr
Awesome practice! I think your figures and shapes just look a little stiff. Maybe try introducing more angles, or exaggerating what angles, swoops, and swirls you are already using/seeing. I think the cafe sketches look the best (most expressive and lively) out of the bunch.
Matt West
3yr
Here’s 10 of the 15 pages I’ve drawn. I used graphite, gel pen, and non-photo blue colored pencil. I’ll post the other 5 in my next message.
Matt West
3yr
Here’s my other 5.
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Illustrator working in film as a designer and storyboard artist- known as the "animal guy" for my passion for doodling animals. insta @davidsdoodles
