{"id":815320,"date":"2024-01-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/?p=815320"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T19:32:55","slug":"marco-bucci-child-character-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/marco-bucci-child-character-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning a Child&#8217;s Drawing Into a Character Design, With Marco Bucci"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stumped trying to think of a character design? Sometimes some of the best artistic inspiration can come from children, who typically aren't hung up on making things \"correctly\" or following art rules -- they can often be a fount of pure creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that vein, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=byDVudoVur8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this fun and creative video<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcobucci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marco Bucci<\/a>, as he takes his 4-year-old daughter\u2019s charming character drawing, which he describes as a \"goofball vampire,\" and turns it into something worthy of a professional artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Turning A Kid&#039;s Drawing Into A Character Design\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/byDVudoVur8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marco acknowledges that while the young child\u2019s drawing may lack dimensionality and technical skill, it exudes charm. He then takes on the challenge of bringing his daughter's design up to production-level art, emphasizing the importance of capturing the same sense of goofiness that is integral to the original drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/drawing-wacom-one-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815323\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/drawing-wacom-one-13.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/drawing-wacom-one-13-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/01\/drawing-wacom-one-13-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He appreciates the oddball choices in his daughter's drawing, such as the two different shapes of the eyes, and notes that such choices are often trained out of more experienced artists. Bucci's exploration of his daughter's drawing serves as a reminder to embrace unconventional choices in art. This personal touch adds a heartwarming and relatable element to the creative process, showing that inspiration can come from unexpected places, even a child's drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2022\/09\/7202833-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"marco bucci headshot\" class=\"wp-image-802041\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Artist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marco Bucci is a Canadian artist with 15 years of experience in the film, TV, game, and print industries \u2013 primarily as a concept artist and illustrator who uses a <a href=\"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wacom-cintiq-pro-pen-display\">Wacom Cintiq Pro<\/a>. He strongly believes that it is the duty of experienced artists to pass on what they\u2019ve learned, and it\u2019s for this reason that he\u2019s a passionate teacher at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgmasteracademy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CGMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His clients now include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marvel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magic: The Gathering<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.hasbro.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hasbro<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lego<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucasfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucasfilm<\/a>, and more! Check him out on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/marcobucci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marcobucci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patreon<\/a>, his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcobucci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bucciblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this fun and creative video from Marco Bucci, watch as he takes his 4-year-old daughter\u2019s drawing and turns it into a professional-level character design. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":815322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2481,2318,2317],"tags":[56,1458],"class_list":["post-815320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-feature","category-creative-inspiration","category-digital-drawing-painting","tag-character-design","tag-marco-bucci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}