Creature Design Essentials: How To Create Unique & Memorable Creatures | Webinar with Mathias Osland

Get started with Creature Design! Here are 5 essential tips you need to know to design unique and cool creatures:
• Establish a clear purpose for your creature design
• Look at key inspiration sources, like nature and mythology
• Understand animal anatomy – it’s essential for believability!
• Try to reimagine your studies into something new
• Use composite or mixed hybridization in your designs

Check out Mathias's short video on reimagination:    • How to Draw from Imagination? Techniques &...  
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Outline
01:15 What is Creature Design?
02:08 Purpose of Creature Design: Emotional Connection
03:10 Purpose of Creature Design: Character Development
04:44 Purpose of Creature Design: World-Building
06:00 Purpose of Creature Design: Entertainment & Spectacle
06:59 Sources of Creativity in Creature Design: Nature
08:14 Sources of Creativity in Creature Design: Mythology & Folklore
09:38 Animal Anatomy is a Foundation
14:26 Reimagination
15:32 Animal Hybridization: Composite Hybridization
16:50 Animal Hybridization: Mixed Hybridization
18:40 Examples of Great Creature Designers
19:40 Course Recommendations
21:30 Wrap Up