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New Character Design Course!! by nicholaskole, visual art

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About nicholaskole

Artist // Professional // Digital Art
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Current Residence: Vancouver, BC/Providence, RI

Nicholas Kole is the son of two mimes. He is a wandering freelance illustrator, comic artist & character designer.

Working full time from his iPad Pro in Procreate for the past 2 years, on the road from Rhode Island to Tokyo to Vancouver.

From various coffee shops and couches, he draws dragons and wizards for companies like Disney, Dreamworks, Blizzard, Nintendo, Skydance, Guerilla Games, Toys For Bob, Hasbro, Mattel, Warner Brothers, Riot Games, Shining Isle, Dark Horse, EA Games, and the Flight Anthology.

Favourite Visual Artist
Dave McKean and Hayao Miyazaki
Favourite Movies
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Favourite TV Shows
Sherlock, Firefly
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Counting Crows, Peter Gabriel, Tally Hall, Kate Nash, Mumford & Sons, Antonio Vivaldi, Nightwish
Favourite Writers
GK Chesterton, Neil Gaiman
Favourite Games
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Riven, Pokemon, Professor Layton
Favourite Gaming Platform
Dreamcast.
Other Interests
Christ, Lobsters, Steampunkery (any combinations thereof)

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Just launched a brand new character design course with Domestika! https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3952-fantasy-character-design-in-procreate/nkole It walks through the concept art 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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Schoolism Interview w Bobby Chiu (FAU + CDQ too!)

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Hey folks! A few new updates from yours truly lately- some exciting stuff has been happening. Firstly, Bobby Chiu of Schoolism/Imaginism was kind enough to call me up for an interview! We talked about freelance and the bumpy road to stability- if you're struggling yourself and trying to make a go of freelance, consider giving this a listen: In addition to that, there's an interview with me (with some new exclusive art!) in Character Design Quarterly volume #8! I even get to share the issue with fellow Procreate artist and absolute iPad wizard, Max Ulichney! You can pick up a copy here: https://shop.3dtotal.com/character-design-quarterly-is...
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Other Places You Can Find Me!

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Seems like a good time to remind folks that, if you like my work and you're over on other platforms- you can track me down there as well! I post all over, and some of my most active accounts are elsewhere. You can find my art on: www.nicholaskole.art www.instagram.com/nicholaskole www.twitter.com/fromhappyrock and   www.artstation.com/happyrock Cheers! -n
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I'm creating a cartoon. It's called, Forgotten Tales! It's about these forgotten and obscure characters that no one remembers from media going on wacky and crazy adventures.

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Greetings!  My siblings are big Wingfeather fans, and my seester especially likes your illustrations.  Say hi to Andrew Peterson for me (and tell him my brother Peregrine is pipped because he called him a fool 😁)!

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Awesome Art Work Galleries Well Done 😎