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hi! what brush did you use for the saebyeok and jiyeon squid games piece you posted? its a beautiful piece — i love the lines and colors! :)

OH hi thank you so much!! I used Shiyoon Kim's brush set (https://shiyoonk.gumroad.com/l/shiyoonink) and the specific brush was REG INK but I removed the texture so it was a bit smoother. Hope this helps! :D

I loved squid game and I loved these two

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depsidase

#lmao

patrocles

no you dont understand, i’m obsessed with him

no you dont understand i’m obsessed with him

#lmao

My finished Discworld character design project! Hope you guys like it :D ps if you want commissions go to https://www.fiverr.com/alfiemarshall28/create-illustrations-and-character-designs

mayonose

Sorry to bug you... First off, I love your work~! I was wondering if you could maybe make a list of your "always use / have / favorite" pens / pencils? Thank you so much~!

Nawww it’s cool~ I’m glad you’re enjoying! Here’s a list of what I’m currently digging’ (click here to enlarge)

- Sharpie china marker

- Tombow dual brush pen

- Copic sketch

- Prismacolor col-erase

- Uniball Signo in White

- Sakura Pigma brush and Micron pens (I like these because the tip frays, and makes a nice texture, but other people don’t seem to think so haha;;)

- Feather duster

boethiah

thank you for sending assassins after me btw i really needed that. it meant a lot to me

clovebean

vimes

Character designs of Terry Pratchett's City Watch!

cy-lindric

Hey what's the story? :) I just wanted to ask you if you had any tips to make an art portofolio? Coz i'm so lost haha Thanks a mil!!!

Hey there ! For this reply I’m going to use bits from an earlier reply i made in private to a similar question, hopefully the person won’t mind.I am no portfolio expert and the expectations differ alot depending on what you are applying to : what school, what company/studio, etc. Here I’m going to assume we’re talking school portfolio, since that’s what I know about, and I imagine if you’re asking me of all people than it must be what you’re after. Hope this will help.

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cy-lindric

Hi Juliette! Can I ask you about portfolios? What are important things to show when you want to study animation? How many drawings are required? What even goes in a portfolio ? Where did you even get the time to build one up?

Hi there ! As always, school applications and requirements vary a lot from one country school system to another so keep it mind it might be different in your country. But I’ll tell you what worked for me and what I was told by teachers and other students at that time, hoping it’ll help :)

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luisonte

thebroccoligoblin

Why would he do that?? Why would he show us this side of him???

optimisticbananaharmony-deactiv

“you humans think youre so fucking special”

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jollylines

Hello Amanda. First of all I wanted to say you two things: that I ADMIRE your art and that I'm not a English speaker, so forgive me if make grammatical mistakes x_x! Now, let me ask you: who are your favorite artist/illustrators ? I love so so much you art, and I want to learn more about your art and your main references. Thank you so much in advance <3 <3 ,and sorry if you've already answered this question (I searched a little bit in your answers, but I couldn't find anything)

Oh no problem, and your English is great! :D

Some of my favorite artists:

- Animation staples: Glen Keane, Milt Kahl, James Baxter

- Illustrators: Tadahiro Uesugi, M. Sasek

- Animation people from today: Headless Studios, Paul Felix, Jeff Turley, Nico Marlet, Szymon Biernacki, Dice Tsutsumi, Shiyoon Kim

- Friends of mine who just infuriate me with their goodness: Taylor Krahenbuhl, Sunmin Inn, Paul Lasaine, Assaf Horowitz

I should probably list people who are old-school masters, but honestly, I don’t check in with those guys nearly as much as I should. haha.

jollylines

Hi Amanda! It's been a few months since I last left you a message and was recently inspired by your reply to another artist who mentioned CTNX. I've only heard this name one other time and my animation friends don't know a thing about it. I'm thinking it would be a great opportunity for me to attend and have a chance to show my portfolio; however, I'd like some advice on what a character artist portfolio needs to look great. I can imitate other styles, but how would that benefit my portfolio?

Hey hey! CTNX is wonderful. For anyone who doesn’t know: CTNX is an animation expo held every November in Burbank, CA. It features artist booths, panels with industry pros, live demos, and countless portfolio reviews with major studios and artists. (I’m a HUGE proponent of getting your portfolio critted by as many people as you can stomach, because the feedback is invaluable.) Also, everyone is SUPER nice there, so it’s a totally safe environment to share art and get advice!

Now, your actual question: character design portfolios! To address your concern about styles, it’s, as all things are, trickier than one might hope. haha. I’ll try to break it down:

1) Know the company you’re showing to. Like I said in my last askbox reply, knowing what studio you’re approaching usually informs the kind of art you show, and this is true of character design. For example, Laika probably isn’t looking for the same kind of style as Disney, so your stuff could be a hit with one and not the other.

2) Know if your style is more TV or feature animation. There’s a definite difference, and one’s not better than the other. But Pixar probably isn’t looking for a portfolio that’s tailored for Cartoon Network. Again, it’s about knowing your audience and knowing the visual difference.

3) There’s no “one way” to get into the industry. Some people get in because their style is so unique, that no one else can do it so the studio HAAAS to have THEEEEM. Other people show they’re so versatile in their styles, that employers are excited to have someone on the team that can handle anything. Because of this, it’s kind of a matter of assessing your own artwork and figuring out where you fall in that spectrum as a designer.

4) Does your work have “broad appeal”, e.g. could it fit many employers? Keep in mind: it doesn’t have to, at all! But there are probably more places that can find a spot for you if it does. My style can kind of fit anywhere, so I used the same portfolio for all the studios. I showcased roughly two feature animation “styles” that I do, to show I can adapt but that I also have a voice. If my artwork was more experimental, I’d just have to know how it might limit my choices. Or, I might have to make the additional effort to show other styles as proof I can do different things.

In general with character portfolios: show characters’ personalities. Yes, design is important, but it’s only half of character design. You can have awesome shapes going on, but if the character is standing there, blank expression and static pose, then I’ll have no idea who this person is or what I should think of her. Make your characters ACT and MOVE. Show them expressing emotion. Show them interacting with and reacting to other characters. These people you’re making won’t exist in a bubble: they’ll be on screen moving around, so you want to show HOW’D they’d move. WHY they’d be engaging to watch. MAKE us care. Tell us a STORY. Animation is simply story, and characters are the vehicles to tell it. Also, “finished” work isn’t essential. Really excellent, emotive sketches can go a very long way.

I hope some of this helps. If there’s anything you want me to expand on, feel free to ask!

~Amanda

jollylines

Hi Amanda! For some years now I've known I wanted to draw for a living (especially for big companies like you do) so I started college this year at the National University of Arts here in Argentina. But now I'm a few weeks in and I don't think they are teaching me what I need to learn in order to work at disney and stuff. So I was wondering if you could tell me exactly what are the things I should know in order to work there, like 2d animation, character design, etc. Please and thank you.

Hey there! So, I’m sorry you’re feeling bummed out about how your program is going. It’s hard to know sometimes what you’ll learn once you’re in.

So, I can’t tell you “exactly” what you need to know, because, man that would be an enormous list given how MANY jobs exist in animation. You’d first need to choose what you wanted to do within animation (animating, visual development, storyboarding, character design, layout, modeling, lighting, BLAH BLAH), and start digging up information on specifics from there.

This is what I can tell you: there are MANY different disciplines within animation. First, figure out what aspect most interests you. Spoiler: THERE ARE A LOT OF ASPECTS. I feel like people know “animating” and “character design” and just stop. haha. But really look into what goes into it if you don’t have a focused place to start.

The next piece of advice I can give, and I probably give it frequently, is: look at what is being done at the place you want to work, and make your work look like that. If your art school is teaching you how to do abstract drawings of fruit bowls or how to design cars, and all you want to do is storyboard, then coming to an interview with a portfolio of cars and fruit bowls will NOT get you that storyboarding job. I can’t emphasize this enough: school does not equal work. It doesn’t equal the job market. You can do well in your particular program, get all A’s, be better than your peers, but if you aren’t as skilled/as good a fit as the people already doing the JOB you want, you will not get that job. Companies are looking for people who do work like their work. They want people who understand what that work takes.

Lastly, I can tell you some specifics about character design to get you started, if that’s the avenue you want to pursue: you have to be able to create a variety of designs based on one character description, you have to understand basic design principles that make a design appealing, you have to be able to rotate a character showing it from different angles and doing different things, and you have to be able to make that character act so that people understand its emotions and motives.

I hope this helps and good luck!