Eric Ryan是一个在电视电影与视频游戏行业有9年工作经验的概念艺术家。他拥有伯克利大学分子与细胞生物学的硕士学位，但是职业生涯却转向了加州艺术中心。两年后，Eric在Pasadena的一个小公司作为全能型人才，接下来他在Sony Pictures Animation,Cinovation Studios与Sony Santa Monica, SCEA工作过。Eric也是Gnomon艺术学校，洛杉矶角色艺术学院，还有Red Engin公司的的角色设计老师，你能够在电影黑衣人3，战神，还有其他游戏中看到他的作品。

Eric Ryan is a concept artist with nine years of experience in the film, television and video game industries. He attended the University of Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology, but made a career move and enrolled at the Art Institute of California. Two years later, Eric started working as a generalist for a small studio in Pasadena and has since worked for studios such as Sony Pictures Animation, Cinovation Studios and Sony Santa Monica, SCEA. Eric has been an instructor of Character Design at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art and Red Engine Studios. His work can be seen in Men in Black 3, God of War: Ascension and various other game titles.

Eric带领大家学习了从概念构思来设计一个角色的全过程，学习如何让它更有独创性，最终做出全尺寸的彩色图像。教学从一系列干净的缩略图草绘开始，他展示了如何通过注入故事元素来创建一个连贯的设计，其中讲解了数码绘画技术，色彩理论，故事讲解，角色合成，还有轮廓图准备的技巧。

Eric takes you through the entire design process of creating a character, from the conception of an idea and how to make it original, to the fully-realized, final color image. Starting with a series of clean thumbnail sketches, he shows how to create coherent designs while thoughtfully infusing story elements from the character's background. The topics addressed cover many aspects of character design, including digital painting techniques, color theory, storytelling, character hybridization and tips for portfolio preparation.