Are you struggling to get your foot in the door as an artist because every job requires professional experience? It can be a frustrating catch22. But fear not, because I have a solution for you: fake it 'till you make it!

In this 4part series, we'll be designing and painting a squad of characters that look like they were made for a "real world" paid project. It's the perfect framework to selfdirect and create a final portfolio piece that is incredibly compelling.

Introducing the DPS Character Squad Challenge! Join our amazing Discord community at   / discord   and participate with a bunch of cool artists. And even if you stumble across this video years from now, give it a try! It's a great way to build your pro portfolio pieces and gain experience, even if you're not technically a "pro" yet.

0:00 Intro
1:40 Character Squad
2:53 Make a Plan
4:39 Character Archetypes
7:26 Layered Main Character
8:57 Weaving Personalities
9:56 Join the Challenge / Wrap up

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PAINT YOUR WORLD
Hardy Fowler is a professional Digital Painter with work seen in productions for Disney, Games Workshop and Neon District among many others.

Hardy's online academy, Digital Painting Studio, teaches the masterlevel skills, process and mindset he's learned from decades of experience as a professional digital artist.

CONNECT
→ https://digitalpaintingstudio.com/
→   / hardy_digitalpaintingstudio  
→ https://www.artstation.com/hfowler

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