Anthropomorphic Character Creation
Creating the Body and Posing
A course by Félicie Haymoz , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Creating the Body and Posing
Overview
“Using the costume references I found for the character, I try to come up with three different ideas of costumes and posing. I draw each idea, trying to keep it a loose drawing, this is about ideas! I try to make each pose more expressive by thinking about the directions of the lines in the drawing. ”
In this video lesson Félicie Haymoz addresses the topic: Creating the Body and Posing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Anthropomorphic Character Creation. Learn the creative process behind designing and illustrating fantastic animal characters full of personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating the Body and Posing In the previous lesson we explored the face of our character and added personality to it. Before I start drawing the body of my character, I always go on a little search to find more references for the costume and colors of the character and I do this by looking on Pinterest and googling images. I go down the rabbit hole and follow where it leads me, but I try to keep this under one hour max. What I like to do is try to incorporate the references that I've picked for costume into silhouettes that I like. And you may have noticed that I always like to have three ...”
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Course summary for: Anthropomorphic Character Creation
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Félicie Haymoz
A course by Félicie Haymoz
NYC-based Swiss character designer Félicie Haymoz has a range of experience in creating unique characters for animated films, TV, and advertisements.
She has worked with director Wes Anderon as lead character designer for his animated films Fantastic Mr. Fox (2007) and Isle of Dogs (2015). Her long list of clients includes Netflix, Warner Bros, Nexus Films, Agile Films, and Aardman animation. Félicie also gives talks and lectures on animation, and has been a guest speaker at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Parsons School for Design, Paris, and Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin. In 2010, she wrote, produced, and directed her first short film Je Maudis Ma Nuit, which was selected for festivals across Europe and was screened in France and Switzerland.
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