Warm up your animation character design process with Jackie Droujko's Photoshop speedpainting tutorial.
Speedpainting a character design
Netflix character designer Jackie Droujko lives in Vancouver and her credits include Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures, Warner Brother’s Deathstroke, and several more unannounced projects that you can see very soon.
For Vertex Week 2022 Droujko has two tutorials, this second video workshop covers her process for speedpainting a character design for animation. She goes through the initial research stage before revealing her process in Photoshop.
If you enjoyed this tutorial from Jackie Droujko, then watch her first Vertex Week 2022 video tutorial where she shares her workflow for how to warm up your animation design, before this speedpaint or similar character design project.
If you want more design tips for animation then watch Aaron Blaise's workshop where he explains how to design creatures for animation. The legendary character artist takes us through his thought processes for creating memorable animal heroes.
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