YouTube video by The Art of Aaron Blaise

Constructing a dinosaur from the inside out with creature creator Terryl Whitlatch

YouTube video by The Art of Aaron Blaise

YouTube video by The Art of Aaron Blaise

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.creativetalentnetwork.com/terryl-whitlatch Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/terrylwhitlatch/ Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/terrylwhitlatch 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-drawing-classes/creature-anatomy-terryl-whitlatch 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 “Draftsmen” is available in audio. Subscribe on these platforms to keep up to date: Spotify: http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPodSp Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2JLMShh Apple: http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPodA Google: http://bit.ly/DraftsmenPodG #creaturedesign #starwars #lucasfilm FOLLOW PROKO: Marshall's Art - http://www.marshallart.com Email Newsletter- http://www.proko.com/subscribe Instagram - http://instagram.com/stanprokopenko Twitter - https://twitter.com/StanProkopenko Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/prokotv Tumblr - http://stanprokopenko.tumblr.com/ Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/stanprokopenko ABOUT DRAFTSMEN: 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.creativetalentnetwork.com/terryl-whitlatch) Hosts - Stan Prokopenko (http://www.stanprokopenko.com), Marshall Vandruff (http://www.marshallart.com/) Production Assistance - Alex Otis (https://www.instagram.com/alexotisillustration/), Charlie Nicholson (https://www.instagram.com/shloogorgh/) Editing - Charlie Nicholson Intro Animation - Cody Shank (http://codyshank.com/) Intro Jingle - Tommy Rush (https://www.instagram.com/tommyrush/) Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra