Disney Character Designer answers your questions about Concept Art, Character Design for Animation, Digital Painting & Illustration.
For over ten years, I've been reviewing character design portfolios online, at comic cons and art school Q&A sessions.
In that time, I've met many artists with charming personalities and impressive technical skills.
…but a true Character Designer is extremely hard to find.
True Character Designers get consistent work.
True Character Designers sell lots of books and prints at cons.
…and some of them create characters who will outlive us all.
Here are some of my favorite articles and interviews that will help you transcend the trends and begin to create characters with soul...
My good friend Claire Keane gives what is, perhaps, the best advice about Visual Development portfolios that I’ve ever heard.
…and today I’m going to share it with you.
This is part two in a series designed to give you an advantage when pursuing one of the most competitive jobs in animation.
In part one, Justin Rodrigues shared healthy ways to deal with rejection and how his character design style combines 2d and 3d sensibilities.
Now, in part two, he talks about how the internal and external aspects of a character inform his designs, why ‘personal style’ can be a problem and the most important question an aspiring character designer can ask…
Plus: Sarah Marino‘s mentee, Austin Light, shares an extraordinary breakthrough story that involves Robert Downey Jr. and a deal with Chronicle Books!
[Read more…] about Interview With Character Designer Justin Rodrigues (Part 2) :: ArtCast #87
Justin Rodrigues is a good friend and one of my favorite current artists.
In this episode, we discuss the most productive way to respond to rejection and how his character design style blends 2D sensibility with 3D structure.
After Justin’s interview, Spanish concept artist Juan Francisco Bautista Zambrana shares the story of a recent career breakthrough and what he learned while breaking into game design!
[Read more…] about Interview With Character Designer Justin Rodrigues (Part 1) :: ArtCast #86
I made some new friends at CTN-X 2014.
Today, I want to spotlight seven young visual development artists who visited The Oatley Academy booth and impressed us with their wonderful portfolios and personalities.
These artists are creative and clever but most importantly, they’re humble and full of passion.
Check out their links and share their work if you like it.
…and I’m pretty sure you will.
[Read more…] about 7 Upcoming Visual Development Artists Who Impressed At CTN-X
In part one of this interview, Sarah Marino told the story of the struggle to find her calling as a professional artist and how she got her first animation job – not in the art department – but as a production assistant.
In this episode Sarah talks about her success in both animation and kidlit, her new gig as a background painter and VisDev artist at Nickelodeon, her new course at The Oatley Academy and how a single post-it-note doodle changed her life forever…