Keith Thompson - Character Design Techniques

[Lottechoco]

I look at this and thought: some artists just draw squares??

[kevin71127]

Just incredible

[SweetSanctuarii]

About halfway through I finally realised the character he was drawing had two javeline type things driven through it's torso.

[kevin71127]

@SweetSanctuarii no, muskets

[Chanluce]

fantastic!

[lacacaesgrande]

lol he didnt finish it :P

[MrMachelo123]

la putamadre que bueno es este tipo (Y)

[motolokiev]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful

[intheoreocar]

I WANT TO SEX WITH YOUR ART MY GOD.

ITS JUST SO MIND-FUCKINGLY AWESOME.

[DemonGirlinHell]

he looks cool :D

[angelcleff80]

holy crap........... D:

[InnovationalFilms]

What sort of studies help you to gain the ability to draw a reverse like that, or just any angle you want? Is it a good knowledge and a large amount of practice with anatomy? I'm just wondering how I get from where I'm at to where you are? any insight please

[Firedrak23]

@InnovationalFilms I don't know if there are any studios that teach that specifically, but if you have a good knowledge of anatomy, can turn 3d objects in space and can picture your character or object in your head, you can probably rotate your drawing to any angle you want. Just a whole lot of practice, really.

[InnovationalFilms]

@Firedrak23 Yea, I figured as much, thank you

[Virgil077]

Its funny cuz i read Leviathan and most of Behemoth and i just randomly searched "war Zepelin" in google. And noticed the similar style, wasn't until i went into the homepage that i realized it was his site lol.

[NariShishitsu]

Marry me!

[tekken3y0sh1m1tsu1]

LOL THESE SHOULD BE PUT IN A GAME, THT WOULD BE EPIC, THIS GUY DOES ALIEN WEAPONS DESIGN ON BORDERLANDS HOW COOL!! :P

[AFreakingDumbaccount]

Keith Thompson has helped me with my drawing sooo much, and I didnt realise that he did alien weapons for Borderlands and Conecept desing for Iron Grip games.

Keith Thompson = best artist of the 21st centuary

[okecko]

nice 1111:D, awesome

[HillaryHitler]

THIS

is GREAT WORK

[1234Colt]

its leg is looking weird...

[CheifPaco]

MAN! You ARE AWESOME!!

[MangoMango123mango]

cool

[immortaliserwow]

like it how easily u turned it to a back view :)

[TheGamersGateway]

its a he!

[GeneralGreious]

I got the book how to draw the undead and I cant stop drawing from your book

[zombieiscool]

God damn... Look at all that detail lol. Must have taken ages.

[Ninjerina]

anyone know what kind of pencil he's using?

[Ennuli]

black colerase pencil on 110lb paper

is what reads on his deviantart page

[TheGamersGateway]

i say no. 2

[rashid1111112]

whats his dev art link?

[AnnaPavot]

@rashid1111112 keithwormwood

[rashid1111112]

@AnnaPavot thanks

[CIDVICIOUS831]

@Ninjerina dose it really matter?

[Ninjerina]

sorta, different pencil leads will produce different effects which will in turn effect the look of your final pencil drawing. Not every pencil is made equal

[CIDVICIOUS831]

yeah but it still cant improve you skills.

[Blazning]

Omg ... thats amazing .. i can't even draw a 3D car with out making something look weird ... Keith .. ur amazing ... Keep doing what you do !!

[demon2foot]

God, I want his talent....

[Tabbycosplay]

He's my favorite artist too, one day I'm going to buy some of his work :)

[gunarthegreat]

He and Banksy are my favorite!!

[clockworksnail]

@gunarthegreat :/ The more i see of banksy the less i like him. He is waaaay to popular for a street art, and his art is almost mainstream these days. he even had a gallery in bristol. Keith Thompson is one of my favourites tho. His art is so unique, its amazing.

[Cheeseitnow]

Awesome.Nothing ells but sure awesomeness

[awakenedrosebud]

love your art thanks for the advice

[iSpeakKonglish]

omg I thought you were never going to use an eraser! I use an eraser like...every 2 seconds.

[toxicfoxxx]

I <3 Keith Thompsons art!

[cosmosman]

keith does it by intuition and his eye for perspective. he is def my fav artist

[CrAsHKiD1103]

i really like the drawing, it totally is the style i mostly love. but i am new in this genre of art and i understand nothing .__.

[lucaddragon]

but the way you said you make us think it's something that anyone can do... I dont think it's easy to reverse the drawing... if you had the silhouette then it would be another story...

I like it, but you should have explained how you did to prefectly reverse him!

Peace