This talk is all about designing characters for live action TV and films with industry giants Crash McCreery, Karla Ortiz, Christian Alzmann, Rob Bliss, Phillip Boutte Jr., Wesley Burt, and Neville Page. Find out what it takes to bring characters to the live action world and hear the stories along the way. Q&A to follow. Moderated by Phillip Boutte Jr.

I created “The Wheel of Death” to encourage free thought and to help push the boundaries of the imagination. It’s a way to randomly mash-up several character traits and features to create a unique yet believable Creature with its own story.

I will start the presentation having already spun the wheel, decided on a direction and present drawings from the “rough sketch” phase, explaining my process up to that point. I will demonstrate how I refine the character in a tighter sketch and then describe how I photograph and implement real world reference for adding textures to the piece in Photoshop for the finishing touches.