Need some advice / suggestions

Timothy Cole

Hello everyone! 

I'm in search of advice/recommendations for a course or two to watch next. I have watched and completed the work for the Eye Mechanism course by David Covarrubias as well as the 3 Hand and Rod Puppet courses by BJ Guyer. I will most likely watch the Rod and Cable puppet course as well. 

I'm itching to work/build/fabricate something and I'd like to start working on some original designs. So what courses would you suggest for coming up with a character design from scratch? 

Thanks!

Chris Ellerby

This course is a great one on designing a character:

Hybrid Character Design: Practical To Digital
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-design-practical-to-digital

And this course is great as well:

How To Design Creatures - Sculpture To Photoshop
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/creature-design-practical-to-digital-casey-love

You can also learn some good character/creature drawing techniques in these two lessons:

Monster Drawing Techniques - How To Draw A Werewolf
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/monster-drawing-techniques-how-to-draw-a-werewolf

How To Draw Monsters - Drawing Stan Winston Creatures
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/monster-drawing-techniques-stan-winston-creatures

For character design sculpting, Don Lanning's series is great:
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-design-maquette-sculpture-techniques
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-design-maquette-sculpture-techniques-part-two
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/character-design-maquette-sculpture-techniques-part-three

This course is great too:

Creature Design - How to Sculpt Character Maquettes
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/creature-design-sculpture-techniques

And for digital painting:

Creature Design - Photoshop Character Rendering
https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/creature-design-photoshop-character-rendering

/Chris