CHARACTER ART AND DESIGN WITH DTM 

SECRETS TO CHARACTER ART AND DESIGN

DRAWING TIME
  • References
  • Sketching, Light Sketching
  • Sketches, lots of Sketches
  • Shapes or Sticks?
  • Anatomy
  • Shape
  • Practice Gesture Drawings 

​DESIGN TIME
  • Silhouette
  • Character Thumbnails
  • Palette, Color Theory
  • Exaggeration
  • Gesture, body language
  • Shape Language
  • Psychology
  • Story 

​DRAWING APPS
  • Adobe Fresco
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Sketchable PLUS
  • Clip Studio Paint 

In the Gallery

SKETCH TO VECTOR
inspiration and references to create new characters
MERMAID WARRIOR
ART TOOL GANG
IT ALL STARTS WITH A SKETCH

Minecraft Character Design Style 

I like the ease of sketching in Adobe Fresco, especially since I can jump between my Surface Pro and iPad Pro to sketch in pencil or vector brushes and the Creative Cloud keeps my docs synced between devices. 
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Model Design

Character Design Model Sheets

Pose Templates

Minecraft Character Design with Adobe Illustrator on iPad and Illustrator on Desktop 

Minecraft Art Style 

Minecraft Art and Fan Art References 

Dynamic Art

Dynamic movement is characterized by movement of the eye that flows smoothly from one area of the composition to another, guided by continuations of line or form, and by gradations of color or form. ​

Demo Time

Live on YouTube

RESOURCES

Character Art and Design books
​A large collection of pdf, epub and docs featuring how to draw almost everything! 

​great resource on Youtube Playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLibU3ZA9hJqdMcI7PZ2V4W58Fpf0ywMMA

12 most essential skills every artist must have
https://drawingacademy.com/12-most-essential-skills-every-fine-artist-must-have

Digital Art Drawing Tips
https://www.dacreativegenius.com/digital-art.html

Pose Archives
twitter.com/theposearchives 

helpful books:
Fundamentals of Character Design
https://amzn.to/3owYXNh

Draw with Jazza
https://amzn.to/3oAoPrI

Creating Stylized Characters
https://amzn.to/429afFk
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Character Design from the Ground Up
https://amzn.to/43w83Zu 

My private stash! 
character template 
comic brushes
comic fonts
model sheets
storyboard templates 
turnarounds
worldbuilding 

DELTA TANGO MIKE

DAN FLORES - DaCreativeGenius 
DTM, DELTATANGOMIKE 

@DeltaTangoMike 
DeltaTangoMike.com
DaCreativeGenius.com 

Behance.net/dacreativegenius
Instagram.com/deltatangomike 

Free Vector Demos and Tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/c/Vectormaestros

The business of art is not the Art Biz.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtIsKing
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