Christophe Young posts
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Design Workshop 16 - Design Session
10:00-12:00pm ETGoing to start a little earlier to try a finish a whole character in one session! I'll be doing another character for the beach rampage themed monthly challenge.
Figure Painting Study
Another one! Every time I work on a figure painting I learn something new about anatomy, color, and light. How muscles change shape depending on the angle of underlying bones and how that affects the shadow shapes created on the surface of the skin. How skin reacts and changes color and temperature at different angles to the light. And so on...Recently, I've been more cognisant that the darkest parts of the shadow are often the surfaces that are pointing up because they tend to receive less bounce light from the ground. This figure is lit i...
Updated Tiers!
The previous Sketchbook and Spicy Content Tiers have been permanently deleted. If you were still in the Sketchbook or Spicy Content tier when they were deleted, you’ll still be my patron, but you’ll be a “no tier” patron, and won’t have the same access as you previously had.You can change your membership tier whenever you like. To switch tiers, follow the steps below: While logged in to your patron profile, click theSettingslinkfrom the left sidebar navigation Click the Active memberships link from the menu bar Locate the creator and ...
Figure Painting
I spent a couple sessions on this figure study to practice painting straight ahead in color on just on a normal layer. Most of the time I had my background set to 50% grey so I could judge my values and color temperature properly as it's really hard to do that against a white bg.I did the hand studies after the fact to test out a bit of a different approach, sketching with a bright orange color so that following layers would pick up the saturation and prevent muddy colors. I would call it a success but I think there's something interest...
Design Workshop 15 - Lighting
10:30 -12pm ETToday we're talking about planing the lighting for your character illustration, how to think about light and shadow, and conveying mood and story through the use of lights. I've attached a practice sheet for you to follow along with if you so choose!
Jessy Lighting Study
I've been experimenting with some new ways of setting up my illustrations so I can test lighting schemes quickly and found some cool techniques in the process. My PSD is attached and you can check out my new video where I walk through the layers one at a time to explain the strategy.https://youtu.be/XtrPoqa3fds
Brendan
Brendan is a troublemaker. He won't just ruin your sandcastle, he'll pee on it. He's that kid you see and ask yourself "Where are his parents?" and then realize they probably gave up. So he's probably good to have on your side.
Design Workshop 14 - Design Session
10:30 - 12pm ETToday I'm going to work on some final designs for the summer themed character design challenge. I'll be basing them on the quick ideation sketches I worked on in last week"s stream.
Beach Rampage Character Sketches
Sketches from the Thumbnail Design livestream. These were really fun to draw! Next stream I'll cover how I expand on one of these ideas and turn it into a final character design.
Design Worshop 13 - Thumbnail Design
Livestream 10:30am -12pm ETToday I'll be demonstrating some character ideation techniques using thumbnail sketches. I have a few fun character ideas to try out for this month's challenge theme, so I can't wait to get started and share them with you! See you there.
Figure Study
Here is also the PSD with the analysis overlays.
July Monthly Challenge!
This month's challenge will be our first character design challenge!Theme: Summer Super Soaker Battle Royal FPS 👙🔫🍡🌞The beach is a deadly warzone, littered with destroyed sandcastles and fallen super-soaker soldiers. Your character is armed with the highest grade watergun, water ballon grenades, and other deadly childhood fun backyard toys. Are they the big armored tank? The explosive Junkie? The patriotic, spirited fighter? The over-powered granny who's sunburned to a crisp? Only one sunscreen-slathered hero will come out v...
July 2023 Update
Hey everyone! Here's a quick update on what's happening this month.Restructuring in ProgressWith all the tiers being merged into the Character Design Academy, there are a couple things to consider. Firstly, I must manually go through all my previous tiers and decide what will be available and what won't. For the most part, the nude figure studies from the previous nsfw tier will be unlocked - so just a heads up, there will be some nudity from now on, but it will remain focused on academic figure studies. Some posts may still show as...
Monthly Challenge Livestream - June 2023
Starting at 10:30 ETReviewing all your beautiful fashion studies from the past month!
Design Workshop 12 - Fashion Studies
Today I'm going to stream some fashion studies in light of this month's challenge theme. This is going to be a more relaxed drawing session, so feel free to grab some references and draw along with me. See you soon!
Sunday Livestream Reschedule
Hello! I'm going to have visitors tomorrow so I'll have to push the regular Sunday livestream. I will host the livestream Monday evening at 8pm ET instead.
Renegade
Here's my latest character design, and I recorded the whole process for your enjoyment! The PSD is also attached below.
Restructuring my Patreon Ver.2
Tier 2 (Workshop) becomes the Character Design AcademyThe other option... is just to simplify everything and have one tier that contains everything. I understand some of you feel like the previous post kills the workshop tier a bit, so this is my solution - One tier to rule them all, priced the same as the current workshop tier (fyi price is in Canadian dollars).
Figure Drawing Analysis
Every figure drawing has its own set of challenges. Some rely more heavily on gesture and lighting, whereas others might rely more on anatomy and structure. This one was leaning very heavily on anatomy, and was a great challenge, especially with the torsion in the upper body. Here are the things I analyzed throughout the drawing process for this figure.
Figure Drawing
Reference by Grafit StudioI'm working on a process video, it will be up on youtube this week!
Restructuring my Patreon
Starting July 1st, this will be the new tier structure and benefits for my Patreon. Tier 1 will remain the same, but tiers 2 and 3 will be unpublished on July 1st. You will still have access to your memberships' contents until the end of July, it just won't be visible to the public to join. Also, a lot of the content I've already published will be transferred to the new tiers to make the change as seamless as possible.My reasoning behind this change is as follows. The most important aspects of character design are the figure drawing...
Design Workshop 11 - Hardsurface Design
10:30-12:00pm ETToday we're going to look at the philosophy behind hardsurface design. From defining the basic structure to design panel lines and mechanical details.
Design Workshop 10 - Cloth & Folds
10:30-12:00pm ETIn light of this month's challenge, I'll be covering the topic of cloth and folds. How to approach understanding them, what forces create what kinds of folds, how do different materials change the characteristics of the folds, and much more!
June Monthly Challenge!
Fashion design is a staple in character concept art, and it all starts with building your visual library. This month's challenge revolves around fashion!Pick 3-5 references of fashion items/accessories, study them closely, and draw them with as much fidelity as you can. No need for color, but pay special attention to the material quality. Make silk feel extra silky and leather feel extra leathery. The thinner the material, the smaller the folds will be. The glossier the material, the smaller and brighter the specular highlight will be. Expe...
Figure Study
In this study, I was really focused on the foreshortening of the limbs and stacking the main volumes (Pelvis, Ribcage, and Head) in perspective.I wish I could share the process video but Youtube is shredding my nude figure study videos to pieces as they apparently violate all the community guidelines, yay... (Even if they are unlisted, rated as 18+ content, and marked as inappropriate for children). So I'll stick to figure drawing accompanied by structure and anatomy breakdowns until I find a solution for sharing the video process.
Restructuring Patreon/Discord
Hey everyone! The first few months of launching my patreon has gone very well overall. But as you know, with anything new, there's a learning curve and mistakes are bound to be made haha. That said, I'm currently reviewing the pros and cons of patreon and discord, the different tiers, the kinds of content I'm creating exclusively for patrons, the direction of the discord server, etc.My goal moving forward is to have a more personalized and focused approach to content creation and to build a community around those more focused subjec...
June Update
Working From HomeAs you might (or might not) know, I work a full time job as a senior character concept artist on Star Citizen. I've recently started working from home to better balance my studio work, patreon, youtube, and other aspects of my life like eating and going outside to touch grass every now and then. This is quite a new change for me but so far I am enjoying it and finding a more sustainable way of creating the best work possible without burning myself out haha.Discord Community and Forum ChannelsThe discord server has had a bit...
