Alien Wildlife Biologist Character Design with Chris Blackstock - 2 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud

Join Chris Blackstock on Adobe Live as he draws an alien wildlife biologist using Photoshop. Watch as Chris walks you through the character design process, from ideation and sketching to final design. Stick around to help Chris explore his new character and create different scenes for the biologist.

Guest Chris Blackstock is an Illustrator, concept artist, taste-maker, donut eater, based in CA: https://theblackstock.com/ | https://www.behance.net/chrisblackstock

Host Codi Bear is an illustrator based in Portland, Oregon:

https://www.behance.net/codibear

Join us LIVE on Behance: https://www.behance.net/adobelive

Chapters

00:00 Start

03:50 Chris’s work history and recap of day 1

09:30 Describing the wildlife biologists backpack and its design

14:45 Discussing working with a Wacom Cintiq and on an iPad

19:55 Tips on how to get into character concept art

27:52 Tips on using line work to indicate depth

29:26 Chris discusses his sources for inspiration

33:16 Discussing character design

42:15 Learning good habits and working out of your comfort zone

51:46 Reviewing the line work - blocking in color

59:34 Chris discusses shifting his work to more playful themes

1:05:58 Reviewing the blocked in colors - clipping mask/multiply layer for shadows

1:11:20 Being ready for the task on day 1- working on anatomy

1:19:29 Working on a new expression for the character using reference

1:32:07 Exaggerating the expression from reference

1:27:19 Head layout guidelines

1:29:15 Artist Spotlight of Cleonique Hilsaca https://www.behance.net/Cleonique/

1:39:57 Working on another iteration of the wildlife biologist

1:43:12 Explaining and doing a demo of a draw through

1:48:50 Working on another character sketch

1:52:47 Review of work and recap of Day 2

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Alien Wildlife Biologist Character Design with Chris Blackstock - 2 of 2 | Adobe Creative Cloud

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