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Hi and welcome to the course.

My name is Scott Harris and I thought I'd do this introductory video just to kind of introduce you guys

to myself, who I am and tell you about the course, tell you how you should do the course.

how you should move through the course and also that we can kind of, even though I don't get to know you guys

very well, that you get to know me and that hopefully it will be a beneficial experience for you

moving through this course.

So first things first; I really really feel like this course is my masterwork probably of all the kind

of course content that I've ever done.

It's got so many valuable elements to it that have to do with character design and drawing characters

comprehensively, drawing characters well, drawing characters appealingly and as you move through

the course, I think you're going to find that this isn't a course that you kind of you know- you do the

whole course and maybe you've had experience before, you know you do a course and just you feel like, "oh

you know there were one or two good nuggets of information in that course." I'm hoping that you'll

feel like "wow! This course really really took me maybe from somewhere where you didn't know how to draw characters at

all to like

Now I really feel like I know what I'm doing.

Or if you have started drawing a bit or you're intermediate at drawing, you feel like "Wow! This has amped

up my skills so much".

And that also that these concepts, these very core concepts, as they become part of how you draw, you feel

like "Wow! this course was worth it for me".

But that is my hope and I really do hope that you guys really become great character artists and are

able to draw in a multitude of styles and any kinds of characters you want with appeal, with feeling,

with story, with emotion, and what have you.

So yes that's kind of how I feel about the course and how I want to kind of present the course to you.

and also that the Course presentation- while the theories and the concepts are going to be pretty serious

in tone;

I'm going to be presenting the course very much in a in a casual kind of way- as if I were teaching you

in a class.

So I don't think you need to stress about hectic theoretical studies or anything like that.

But definitely I'll do my best to be as clear and concise as possible so that you're grasping the theories

quickly and that you can then proceed to practice them and do exercises to get them into your

system and get used to them.

So how I envision you guys doing the course, is you watch all the videos first one time, right.

You go through every single video.

You watch them, you don't do any exercises yet, you just watch, you learn, you try to absorb right.

And then on your second run through, you go through the course and you do all the exercises.

It's extremely crucial that you put in the time and the dedication to drawing out all the exercises,

doing the drawings required in each of the sections.

And the reason is, whilst art is definitely extremely more theoretical than people think it is,

I would liken it to playing a musical instrument: you may know everything there is

to know about a guitar or a particular instrument. You may know all the theory all that music theory.

But if you don't pick up a guitar and play it the theory is kind of useless. At the same time using the

same kind of analogy, you can realize that- you know a lot of people will say "Well how do you get better

at art?" and they'll reply they'll be like "You just practice just practice more".

Well if you could imagine yourself picking up a guitar and you just think well the more I keep strumming

I'm going to learn to become a better guitarist.

Obviously that's not going to happen right.

That's not the case.

You're going to need the theory. So there is a duality if you wish, an equilibrium between theory and

practical when it comes to art and hopefully this course will have you engaging comprehensively in both

things.

All right.

I guess that's about it for the introduction to the course.

I hope you enjoy it.

I hope you have a good time.

I hope that you definitely keep in touch with me.

Keep in contact with me, send me you artwork, send me your exercises as you're doing the course, and I wish you all

the best.

I'm very very optimistic and hopeful that this course is going to be absolutely awesome for you.

So yeah let's get started.

Enough chit chat.

Let's get started.