LeSean Thomas is an American television animation producer, director, animator, comic book artist, writer and character designer in Los Angeles, he is everything I want to be quite honestly. He was the supervising character design and co-director for the first two seasons of the Boondocks. Other notable shows he has contributed to in the past includes Kim Possible, Ben 10: Alien Force, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and many more.
Having followed his work for a number of years now, it is just amazing seeing how his art style and coloring continues to improve, his work attitude is also something to be highly admired, seeing him constantly post up numerous warm up sketches aside from his professional works on Deviantart always makes me want to scorn myself for not being as productive as he is, in a positive way of course.
Below you will see some of the finest examples of character designing, with each character having distinct features, different body heights, body shapes and language to one another...
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| Rough Designs |
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| "Blind Nigga Samurai" |
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| Really nice piece of character design inspired by the renowned martial artist Jim Kelly (RIP) |
I love how he switches between simplified realism/caricature to a typical cartoony style for whatever is suited to what it is he is working on, he just has such an amazing range of styles (That he still practically makes his own instead of simply replicating others).
LeSean also posts really informative and helpful articles on what it takes to work in the animation industry as well as ongoing but nonetheless still serious and meaningful debates on what it takes for artists to be successful, as well as positive words for those that are still trying to get on their feet.
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