Chapter 6Mood Boards and References
Working With References
In the last chapters we have been talking a lot about research when starting a new character design. As part of that, gathering a good range of visual references matters as well. This becomes particularly helpful after the brainstorming phase when you start developing your idea further. Let's talk about another aspect first though: the ‘visual library’. Each person has a unique ‘visual library’ in their head which they have constructed over time. Such a visual library correlates with the amount of visual references you have seen, studied and drawn throughout your life and career. Hence, a senior artist who has spent hundreds of hours studying anatomy ...
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