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Creature design artist Terryl Whitlatch has a history of creating iconic characters for Disney and Star Wars. She joins Marshall to talk about her career path, going straight from a student to working for Lucasfilm, her artistic influences, incorporating animal empathy into creature designs and her time working on Star Wars Episode 1.

Where You Can Find Terryl’s Stuff:
CTN
Instagram
Artstation

Her Books (affiliate links)
Animals Real and Imagined
Science of Creature Design
Principles of Creature Design
The Katurran Odyssey

Books and Resources

(some contain affiliate links)

Creature Anatomy Course

Water Birds of California, illustrations by Gene Christman

Drawing People by Barbara Bradley

World Wildlife Fund

Counsel for Creators

Fullerton Community College

Artschool as Project

Referenced Artists:

Terryl Whitlatch

Terryl’s mother’s cartoons (Joan Martens)

David Grove

Bernie Fuchs

Bob Peak

Mark English

Kazuhiko Sano

The Dig (LucasArts Game)

Doug Chiang

Budweiser Clydesdale commercial storyboards

Iain McCaig

Claire Wendling

James Gurney

Brother Bear concept art

Vance Kovacs

Bobby Chiu