Designing Creatures for Star Wars and Disney with Terryl Whitlatch - Draftsmen S3E06
Creature design artist Terryl Whitlatch has a history of creating iconic characters for Disney and Star Wars. She joins Marshall to talk about her career path, going straight from a student to working for Lucasfilm, her artistic influences, incorporating animal empathy into creature designs and her time working on Star Wars Episode 1.
Where You Can Find Terryl’s Stuff:
CTN - https://www.membership.creativetalent...
Instagram - / terrylwhitlatch
Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/terrylwhit...
Her Books (affiliate links)
Animals Real and Imagined - https://amzn.to/3uFJnN9
Science of Creature Design - https://amzn.to/3hiSbF6
Principles of Creature Design - https://amzn.to/3tJHRbO
The Katurran Odyssey - https://amzn.to/3f9t3Od
Topics:
00:00 - Intro
02:11 - Introducing Terryl
03:12 - Time as a Student
15:56 - Transition to Professional
24:45 - Struggles
29:17 - Imposter Syndrome
33:13 - Getting into Creature Design
35:29 - Be a Generalist in Your Specialty
43:06 - Terryl’s horses
45:39 - Terryl’s Approach to Students
48:44 - Have Your Own Voice
01:01:52 - Developing Your Own IP
Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
Creature Anatomy Course - https://www.schoolism.com/online-draw...
Water Birds of California, illustrations by Gene Christman - https://amzn.to/3tACKud
Drawing People by Barbara Bradley - https://amzn.to/3bj6jKJ
World Wildlife Fund - https://www.worldwildlife.org/
Counsel for Creators - https://counselforcreators.com/
Fullerton Community College - https://www.fullcoll.edu/
Artschool as Project - https://www.proko.com/artschool
Artwork mentioned - https://www.proko.com/496
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Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff are art instructors. If you love the arts, particularly the craft of drawing and painting and image-making… and you want to level up your skills or even make a living with your skills, we are here to answer your questions. We’re here to offer you advice, refer you to our resources, share your love of the craft and maybe inspire you! Learn to Draw - http://www.proko.com Marshall Vandruff - http://www.marshallart.com. Subscribe to the podcast at http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPod
CREDITS:
Guest - Terryl Whitlatch (http://membership.creativetalentnetwo...)
Hosts - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Marshall Vandruff (http://www.marshallart.com/)
Production Assistance - Alex Otis ( / alexotisillustration , Charlie Nicholson ( / shloogorgh )
Editing - Charlie Nicholson
Intro Animation - Cody Shank (http://codyshank.com/)
Intro Jingle - Tommy Rush ( / tommyrush )
Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra