Join illustrator Sam Peterson and host VooDoo Val on Adobe Live for a crash course in character design fundamentals! Starting with a simple line sketch, see Sam’s painting and drawing techniques for simplifying values and rendering 3D shapes. Learn how to choose a color palette and give your drawings depth with simple brush techniques.
Guest Sam Peterson is a concept artist, illustrator and Adobe Live moderator based in Los Angeles, CA: https://www.behance.net/sampetersonart
Host VooDoo Val is a Creative Streamer & Community Moderator for Adobe Live based in Sacramento: https://www.behance.net/voodooval
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Join us LIVE on Behance: https://www.behance.net/adobelive
Chapters
00:00 Start
6:00 Intro to Sam’s Work
11:05 Work Starts – Character Sketching
20:00 Looking at a Sizing Diagram
22:25 Simplification of Body Shapes
32:45 How Sam Manages His Layers
38:05 Pro Tip: Flipping Your View instead of Flipping Canvas
40:45 Using Puppet Warp
48:50 How Sam Ports his work for 3D
53:33 Pro Tip: Duplicating a File in a Different Window to check Values
1:04:00 How Sam and Val Found Their First Commission Jobs
1:10:40 How Sam Uses Clipping Masks
1:14:28 Talking about Sam’s Brushes
1:32:10 Portfolio Reviews!
1:53:10 Stream Recap / Sam’s Social Media
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