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Day 2, and we have over 1200 students already!! If you’d like to sign up, please us this link to support me:

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole

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The new character design and a peek at the process for my Domestika course that just dropped today! He was inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope photos and axolotls! To find out loads more about the process and about creating unique character designs- check out my course here:

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole

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I just launched a brand new character design course with Domestika! Use the above link to sign up :))) It walks through the conceptual process from the very first sparks of an idea all the way to the finished, polished product. I poured as much as I could into this- color, volume, visual metaphor, shape flow and mind-mapping. I hope it's useful to those of you who are interested in putting your whole heart and human effort into non-ai generated art. Much love! -n

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Ghost of Christmas Past, Ebenezer Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Present. Character design by Nicholas Kole (Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, 2022)

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It’s OUT! I had the incredible privilege of getting to design a number of characters for the new Scrooge: A Christmas Carol animated musical on Netflix, including the man himself! I’ve always loved this story deeply (some of you might remember a few of my personal designs of the ghosts from back around 2014, which actually directly helped get me the job on the film!). Getting to dig in and explore the cast was a character design dream come true, and I gather there’s been a lot of love for the old grump’s design- which makes me so happy I can’t even tell you.

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twexodus

I cannot believe I am back here, anybody else out there?? A whole lot of life happened since I was last meaningfully present around these parts- sniffing around to see if this is where my people land after twitter 

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All 4 Wingfeather Saga hardcover editions have been announced, so I can share the whole set together at last! Loved every second of working on these. You can order the first 2, and pre-order 3 & 4 

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Tag ur friends who think Raymond is hot

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BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE BE- Well, you know what I mean. It’s this guy! One of the suggestions twitter tossed me, since I decided to go another round on the whole #6fanarts thing (having a long fanart project was helping keep my mind off the current troubles). I’ll tell you a secret- I’ve never seen this movie all the way thru, never watched the cartoon, and until last night on the stream never heard the musical >_>

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So, my wife & I have been playing a LOT of Animal Crossing...we love this game so *much* Want to see our island? Chase Crossing just did tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3WZuJAnXbk

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I just posted a new tutorial on Gumroad!

https://gumroad.com/nicholaskole#dCFu

A number of folks asked to break down how I’ve been using Max Ulichney’s new watercolor brushes for Procreate on the iPad! I created a 50-minute tutorial where I break down all the steps of my process, which brushes I use and why, strategies for layers and color. I’ve even included the layered PSD for you to pick thru. Let me know what you think!

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I just posted a new tutorial on Gumroad!

https://gumroad.com/nicholaskole#dCFu

A number of folks asked to break down how I've been using Max Ulichney's new watercolor brushes for Procreate on the iPad! I created a 50-minute tutorial where I break down all the steps of my process, which brushes I use and why, strategies for layers and color. I've even included the layered PSD for you to pick thru. Let me know what you think! You can check out Max Ulichney’s excellent brushes for Procreate here: https://gumroad.com/a/846623859

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Muy importante! (If you happen to live in Spain) I’ll be teaching a Character Design & Color Workshop at La Galería Roja in Seville, March 20-22nd and I’d love to see you there!

Details & Bookings: info@lagaleriaroja.com

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Hello I found these children in the trash, will someone please take them home? As I may have mentioned in a very recent post: I stinkin LoVe Splatoooooon. We’ve got inklings from squids, and octolings derived from a race of sentient wall-eyed tentacles, so why not take that other fishy race of mindless wall-eyed Salmonids and give em the playable crust-punk seagoblin treatment? I’m far from the first to draw a Salmonling, but I had to throw my hat in because the vibes are too good 🙌 I love my hateful dirty babies with a fierce and smelly love, please love them also.

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Pearl’s My Gearl 

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I thought I was done, but I keep walking back to the ipad to try something new. Guhhhh I love Nintendo and Zelda and Ganondorf and this art style and-

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Someone told me y’all were thirsty, so I rehydrated Ganondorf 4 u