Designing Animal Characters

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Designing Animal Characters

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My animal character design class and 2 months free on Skillshare : skl.sh/2X76ZfN
Sharing with you what I learned recently and my process behind making these illustrations :)
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@sarahwaldron1051 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 15 and I would love to be a book illustrator when I’m older and I particularly love to watercolour/draw Beatrice Potter style animal characters similar to your own style of drawing. Anyway this video helped so much with both characterising the animals and also drawing them. So Thankyou :)

@sammieclarkart 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it helped you! Thank you for your comment. Happy creating!

@artvibes5093 2 жыл бұрын

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@veronical6964 4 жыл бұрын

I love these new characters! I love that you called them "meat tube" bodies 😂 definitely a description I would use. Glad you had safe travels. Can't wait to see some of your new adventures in Washington!

@sammieclarkart 4 жыл бұрын

Haha my husband coined the term ;) I'm glad you like them! I had a lot of fun making them :)

@Lilyboxes 4 жыл бұрын

I love the new designs! I noticed the hunchback in my hamster when I tried drawing them it's so funny and cute. Also happy move! I hope you enjoy Washington

@sammieclarkart 4 жыл бұрын

They are so cute, and it can add a lot of their personality into the drawing :) Thank you for watching!

@MaybeeDesigns 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this😍 glad to see you are back!

@sammieclarkart 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope to be more consistent with videos now that life is more settled :)

@flyingteacup8369 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the helpful advice.

@sammieclarkart 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful! I have whole class on the subject I have made since. You can take it for free through this link skl.sh/2X76ZfN :)

@brenroseartsoul6713 2 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring information, thanks

@alicejacobs8597 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative video! I'm working on a 'possum story and have been working on sketch practice. My characters won't be clothed, but the expressions will have a human element.. I'm pretty excited, but I do have a particular style that needs to be honed and consistent. Plus, I love the "toob" ness of your critters.

@sammieclarkart 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Alice! I have an oppossum character I'm working on too :)

@althepalable 4 жыл бұрын

@@sammieclarkart If I had my druthers, I'd ask you to illustrate it. But I'm going to go it alone assuming all goes well. Stay tuned and I'll be sure and share when it's published!!

@sammieclarkart 4 жыл бұрын

@@althepalable Aw! You will do great! Thank you. and yes, please do :)

@prayalways- Жыл бұрын

wonderful video🎉❤

@natalieann80 2 жыл бұрын

I love the new designs! Do you also draw non-rodent animals in clothes? I’d love to see how you do a fox or a badger. 🙂

@sammieclarkart 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much! I have done those animals before :) here's a link to the character page of my portfolio which has some of the ones I've created www.sammieclarkportfolio.com/characters

@Spectorwing 4 жыл бұрын

I draw almost exclusively animals, particularly cats and dogs, I have two cats and both my neighbors have dogs. I have been drawing for around three years now and I have run into a bit of a rut, my art is either hyper realistic which leads too many problems when I try to animate it, or they are super cartoony, that I come up with when I have no ref sheet like my profile picture. What would your advice be to first of all find a happy medium and two, give my characters more distinct character designs

@sammieclarkart 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your question! I struggle with this sometimes too. My graphic novel is more simple and sketchy in nature, because it matches the mood of my story but also is practical for a project of that scale, (I do mostly keep the animals looking pretty "accurate", but simplified.) I think you'd find my class on skillshare helpful. It's all about designing animal characters and I talk about the rationales behind different illustration styles and what is appropriate for your goals, what features to accentuate, etc. It is free to sign up and you'll have access to all the classes on there too :) (you can cancel before your 2 month free period is up.) skl.sh/2X76ZfN Think about what you want to communicate or what mood you want your work to evoke. And its ok to have some more detailed and some more stylized work, because I think it depends on your goal for the piece/ your art career overall