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123 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘PLAYING WITH COLOR, WITH JAROM VOGEL’

123 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘PLAYING WITH COLOR, WITH JAROM VOGEL’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 13 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Playing with Color, with Jarom Vogel’ was the topic for this weeks fun episode.

Topics covered include:

The Psychology of Colour,
How Art is a Visual Representation of Quantum Physics,
Telling Stories with Colour,
Having Awareness while Creating Art,
Colour Theory and Colour Therapy,
Colour Paradoxes,
and I eat a Cock Ice :)

Hope you like this one.

119 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘FOUR-WORD CHARACTERIZATION WITH DUNG HO’

119 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘FOUR-WORD CHARACTERIZATION WITH DUNG HO’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 5 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Four-Word Characterization, with Dung Ho’ was the topic for this weeks episode, and I found this one to be super powerful.

Topics covered on this one include:

Dealing with the Overwhelm of a Blank Canvas,
How Story is Everywhere,
Wondering What Happens to Discarded Ideas,
Turning Words into Characters,
How to Get Started,
Ways to Engage the Viewer,
and Being Mindful of What Your Drawing :)

lilDENNiS also introduces us to his new girlfriend lol

Hope you like this one :)

118 • GRAPHITE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ‘CREATING CREATURES, WITH BRYNN METHENEY’

118 • GRAPHITE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ‘CREATING CREATURES, WITH BRYNN METHENEY’

An Art-Ickle from Graphite Magazine Issue 2, entitled ‘Creating Creatures: Sketching and Concept Development, with Brynn Metheney’ was the topic for this weeks episode, which saw me and lilDENNiS pick up a lot of lil art tips.

This Art-ickle was really fun, and all about Exploring ideas and designs when Creating Creatures. I came away form it thinking How The Drawing Process Never Stops!

Topics covered on this one include:

Combining Creatures,
Sketching Shapes,
Should You Keep or Throw Away Old Art Work?
Letting Go,
Taking Risks,
Imagination Vs Realistic,
Digital Vs Traditional,
and The Importance of Studying and Drawing Real life.

Hope you enjoy this raspberry blowing episode :)

114 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘DESIGNING A COVER WITH SARAH CONRADSEN’

114 • CDQ ARTICLE ‘DESIGNING A COVER WITH SARAH CONRADSEN’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 12 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Behind The Cover Art – Designing The Cover, with Sarah Conradsen’ was the topic for this weeks episode; Found this one to be Super Fascinating and Fun.

Topics covered on this one include:

Mood Boards,
Coming up with Story Ideas,
Sketching,
Relationships between parts of the Creative Process,
The Power of Colour,
Light and Shadow,
How to Tell Stories Visually,
Questions to Ask when Designing a Cover,
The Power of Writing,
Being Fearless,
The Importance of Playing and Exploring Ideas,
and so much more.

There’s also a Bunny on a Carrot lol

Hope you enjoy this :)

106 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘THE LANGUAGE OF SHAPES, WITH TOM HÄNNI’

106 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘THE LANGUAGE OF SHAPES, WITH TOM HÄNNI’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 11 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘A Quick Guide To Composing Characters, with Katarzyna Olbromska’ is the topic of this weeks episode; and it’s a super fascinating one about the importance and power of a Characters Backstory.

This one covers stuff like

Thumbnailing,
Creating Characters Backstory,
Shapes,
Balance,
Colours,
Silhouettes,
and Katarzyna Olbromska’s Cool Characters.

Funny the cat joined us for this one and decided to sit on the computer during recording lol, but I do hope you enjoy this one :)

101 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘A QUICK GUIDE TO COMPOSING CHARACTERS, WITH KATARZYNA OLBROMSKA’

101 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘A QUICK GUIDE TO COMPOSING CHARACTERS, WITH KATARZYNA OLBROMSKA’

An Art-Ickle in Issue 11 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘A Quick Guide To Composing Characters, with Katarzyna Olbromska’ is the topic of this weeks episode; and it’s a super fascinating one about the importance and power of a Characters Backstory.

This one covers stuff like

Thumbnailing,
Creating Characters Backstory,
Shapes,
Balance,
Colours,
Silhouettes,
and Katarzyna Olbromska’s Cool Characters.

Funny the cat joined us for this one and decided to sit on the computer during recording lol, but I do hope you enjoy this one :)

81 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘CAPTURING A CHARATER’S ESSENCE, WITH SIMONE GRÜNEWALD’

81 – CDQ ARTICLE ‘CAPTURING A CHARATER’S ESSENCE, WITH SIMONE GRÜNEWALD’

Something a bit different for this one, as I go through an Article in Issue 1 of the Character Design Quarterly Magazine, entitled ‘Capturing a Character’s Essence, with Simone Grünewald’.

I talk about stuff like

Thumbnails,
Gathering Reference,
Studying Characters,
Sketching,
Iterating,
and Simone Grünewald’s lovely Characters.

Really hope you like this one; please let me know what you think.

It will evolve overtime, but I’m hoping to do more of these as it was a lot of fun :)