We can’t talk about what we’re doing, so we’re talking about the people doing the work. Today, meet Susan Jessup, who is going to show you the tools and the mind of a brilliant character artist. Game illustrations are all from Moonrise since we…can’t talk about what we’re doing, let alone post pictures of it. — Sanya
Building Characters
by Susan Jessup
If you’re attracted to character art, you probably look at animals and people in a different way. You might look at your pet dog and see her with no skin, bounding around as a mass of muscle and sinew. You observe tension and flexion, and marvel at the biological machine before you.
Skeletons aren’t the cast off mortal coil, but the framework of life- the support structure which anchors muscle, protects organs, encases systems, and is woven throughout an entire microcosm of parasitic, mycological, and bacterial biota.