Christophe Young

Design Workshop 16 - Design Session

10:00-12:00pm ET

Going to start a little earlier to try a finish a whole character in one session! I'll be doing another character for the beach rampage themed monthly challenge.

Figure Painting Study

Another one! Every time I work on a figure painting I learn something new about anatomy, color, and light. How muscles change shape depending on the angle of underlying bones and how that affects t...

Updated Tiers!

The previous Sketchbook and Spicy Content Tiers have been permanently deleted. If you were still in the Sketchbook or Spicy Content tier when they were deleted, you’ll still be my patron, but you...

Figure Painting

I spent a couple sessions on this figure study to practice painting straight ahead in color on just on a normal layer. Most of the time I had my background set to 50% grey so I could judge my value...

Design Workshop 15 - Lighting

10:30 -12pm ET

Today we're talking about planing the lighting for your character illustration, how to think about light and shadow, and conveying mood and story through the use of lights. I'v...

Jessy Lighting Study

I've been experimenting with some new ways of setting up my illustrations so I can test lighting schemes quickly and found some cool techniques in the process. My PSD is attached and you can check ...

Brendan

Brendan is a troublemaker. He won't just ruin your sandcastle, he'll pee on it. He's that kid you see and ask yourself "Where are his parents?" and then realize they probably gave up. So he's proba...

Design Workshop 14 - Design Session

10:30 - 12pm ET

Today I'm going to work on some final designs for the summer themed character design challenge. I'll be basing them on the quick ideation sketches I worked on in last week"s s...

Beach Rampage Character Sketches

Sketches from the Thumbnail Design livestream. These were really fun to draw! Next stream I'll cover how I expand on one of these ideas and turn it into a final character design.

Design Worshop 13 - Thumbnail Design

Livestream 10:30am -12pm ET

Today I'll be demonstrating some character ideation techniques using thumbnail sketches. I have a few fun character ideas to try out for this month's challenge the...

Figure Study

Here is also the PSD with the analysis overlays.

July Monthly Challenge!

This month's challenge will be our first character design challenge!

Theme: Summer Super Soaker Battle Royal FPS 👙🔫🍡🌞

The beach is a deadly warzone, littered with destroyed ...

July 2023 Update

Hey everyone! Here's a quick update on what's happening this month.

Restructuring in Progress

With all the tiers being merged into the Character Design Academy, there a...

Monthly Challenge Livestream - June 2023

Starting at 10:30 ET

Reviewing all your beautiful fashion studies from the past month!

Design Workshop 12 - Fashion Studies

Today I'm going to stream some fashion studies in light of this month's challenge theme. This is going to be a more relaxed drawing session, so feel free to grab some references and draw along with...

Sunday Livestream Reschedule

Hello! I'm going to have visitors tomorrow so I'll have to push the regular Sunday livestream. I will host the livestream Monday evening at 8pm ET instead.

Renegade Illustration - Full Process

Renegade

Here's my latest character design, and I recorded the whole process for your enjoyment! The PSD is also attached below.

Figure Drawing Ep.02

Restructuring my Patreon Ver.2

Tier 2 (Workshop) becomes the Character Design Academy

The other option... is just to simplify everything and have one tier that contains everything. I understand some of you feel like the pr...

Figure Drawing Analysis

Every figure drawing has its own set of challenges. Some rely more heavily on gesture and lighting, whereas others might rely more on anatomy and structure. This one was leaning very heavily on ana...

Figure Drawing

Reference by Grafit Studio

I'm working on a process video, it will be up on youtube this week!

Restructuring my Patreon

Starting July 1st, this will be the new tier structure and benefits for my Patreon. Tier 1 will remain the same, but tiers 2 and 3 will be unpublished on July 1st. You will still have access to you...

Design Workshop 11 - Hardsurface Design

10:30-12:00pm ET

Today we're going to look at the philosophy behind hardsurface design. From defining the basic structure to design panel lines and mechanical details. 

Design Workshop 10 - Cloth & Folds

10:30-12:00pm ET

In light of this month's challenge, I'll be covering the topic of cloth and folds. How to approach understanding them, what forces create what kinds of folds, how do differen...

June Monthly Challenge!

Fashion design is a staple in character concept art, and it all starts with building your visual library. This month's challenge revolves around fashion! 

Pick 3-5 references of fashion ...

Figure Study

In this study, I was really focused on the foreshortening of the limbs and stacking the main volumes (Pelvis, Ribcage, and Head) in perspective. 

I wish I could share the process video b...

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Restructuring Patreon/Discord

Hey everyone! The first few months of launching my patreon has gone very well overall. But as you know, with anything new, there's a learning curve and mistakes are bound to be made haha. That said...

June Update

Working From Home

As you might (or might not) know, I work a full time job as a senior character concept artist on Star Citizen. I've recently started working from home to be...