Our mind works not in detail but in feeling and familiarity; and how do we take advantage of this as character designers? We must learn the language of silhouettes.
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Concept Art: How To Tell a Story
Ideas come from the simplest of things and they just naturally take its own shape the more time and dedication you put into that idea. It is by definition “a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.” And if you look into that, this means you weren’t asked to do it, something simply sparked it in you and it is your choice how to nurture that spark into an actual flame.
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7 Ways To Make Your Freelance Clients Happy
Be it your sideline or your full time job, freelancing is a mix of flexible schedules and hard-hitting deadlines. Be it if you are an artist, graphic designer, web designer, photographer, or a fashion designer, one of the most important things you have to remember is to make your clients happy. Now how will you make sure of that?
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Character Design: 5 Tips on Creating Personality
In any story, a character is the most important subject. If the character is well-written, then the story will be able to effectively move or entertain its audience. This is why characters, before production or before it is presented, is carefully studied. But how do you create a character? How are you able to create a face no one has seen before? Where do you even start?
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Inspiration: A Calling to Create
Ever get those days when you’re asked to make something and you end up scratching your head for hours and hours wondering where in the world you can get some ideas? You search far and wide, you dig up those last bits of crumbs you’ve left in your brain’s creative vault and you just try and make something out of it. Well these are those days where you hope to find inspiration, but what about those days when Inspiration finds you?
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