Creating Characters, Sets, Concept Art, Storyboards

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Nick Teti, I provide conceptual artist services including character and set design, often called a concept artist. I can also take these ideas to write a script and draw or illustrate storyboards. The process is used in motion picture creation and often in a TV series or television special. Sometimes in non-broadcast or for a television commercial among other programs.

Concept art can create any idea or theme into images that can be collaborated on and revised or taken to other stages in a production. Character, costume or set designers are also used in theatre performances. Costume designers are also used in motion pictures, TV and in theatre performances. These services can be drawn, painted, or other artistic medium created with software. Sometimes a mixed approach using several or all of these techniques.

Concept artists artwork can also design a character designer, set or costume designer that creates and combines the materials and assets into a physical creation. Or the art is used by the CG artists to create characters, sets, or the entire movie or TV feature.

Character & Costume Design Examples

All images and concepts are copyright Nicholas Teti III (Nick Teti)

Set Design Examples

This is a representation of a futuristic area showing a large coliseum. Pen and Ink.

Character Design Examples

Character designers are often considered concept artists, and have the same roles. Designing sets; creating environments, places, scenes in a movie or series or other need. This is in form concept art.

Character Design, conceptual character by Nicholas Teti III, MisterPhoton.com

Character Progression in Time Study

These character designs for a feature film in the concept art stages showing character ideas for progression in time. A depiction of a characters aging.

Stages of infancy in the womb, character design, artist Nick Teti/Nicholas Teti III
Stages of concept art in character designs of a mature woman and her mature daughter.

Below are the characters in a storyboard frame pencil drawing.

Various Character Designs

Electro” Character Design

Below is an example of an original character design “Lucifer.”
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Becoming a Character Designer or Concept Artist

Character Design

Having an artistic background and education is the most critical step, along with a great imagination. Having an education in anatomy of humans and animals is also a great asset. Learning anatomy at a skeletal and muscular level of a character is ideal.

Art education and practice drawing, painting and making art by hand is an early step forward, including sculpting. Drawing other artists work for practice is also education. Drawing classes, including advanced drawing at an art school, college or university or trade school will get you the experience you need. Taking film and video production classes that focus on the shared skills of storyboarding, concept art, character and set design are beneficial. As well learning television, film and video production by a trade school or college or university will help you as well.

Having knowledge in camera blocking, camera movement, lighting, script writing, and hands on production will be critical to success. Some of this can be learned by watching movies, reading comics or graphic novels and the like will help as well. Creating art, characters, sets and writing your ideas down will let you revisit your creativity later. Learning script writing will also help, as well creative writing practice can reserve your ideas. Even if you have outlines or ideas, write them down as they come to you.

All of this makes you better at every skill. 3D modeling, animation and rendering are often required; especially in game development. Also a very desirable skill-set. S

Set Design

Many of the skills mentioned above in the prior paragraphs are also great in learning these skills as a set designer as well. A theater and production background are assets to success. Drawing painting, sculpting and other artistic skills are needed for this expertise. 3D modeling & expertise is ideal. Carpentry is also almost always required or the ability to direct a construction team.

Learning Resources

• Class101.net has several courses to learn applications to create digital art.
• Kive.ai is an AI platform that can make realistic AI art.
• Sculpting for 3D and for character design. Domestica.org
• Digital painting course at domestica.org
• Autodesk Sketchbook is a great digital drawing, painting and illustration application.

Film and TV production education

Many larger Universities have film and television production programs, as well there are some good trade schools to learn these skills.

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