Getting Creative with Thematic Focal Points

A critique sample from the Monster Lab course. Get all the feedback at Scott Flanders returns to give feedback on student work from the focal point lesson from the Monster Lab course. This was an assignment where students had to choose some elements that signified something thematically important within their design and then improve upon it. Scott critiques and does demos on how to take some of these thematic focal points to the next level with step by step instruction. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Monster Arms Critique 2:28 Weapons Critique 8:00 Monster Head Critique 15:00 Pop Culture and Monster Design 18:27 Outro Follow Scott’s Work: Youtube - Instagram - Proko - Patreon - Artstation - Related Links: Character Development with Scott Flanders - Digitally Cleaning up Sketches - Making CLEAR Designs with Scott Flanders - #focalpoints #characterdesign #conceptart Subscribe to Proko: Don't miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Scott Flanders () Producer - Stan Prokopenko (), Charlie Nicholson () Production Assistance - Alec Brubaker (), Charlie Nicholson Editing - Charlie Nicholson Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound