Expressive Techniques for Character Animation

Overview

“In this lesson we will work on the turn of the character to visualize it in volume.”

In this video lesson Memé Candia addresses the topic: Turn around, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Techniques for Character Animation. Turn your characters into actors packed with emotion and create animated scenes full of life.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson. we'll work on our character's turn to understand it volumetrically. We already have the character's design. We need to learn to draw our character as well as we can before starting to animate it. We'll need to draw it in many different poses and perspectives. If we can't achieve a pose. we'll need to find another way. If not. it won't be drawn. This will complicate and delay our work. To assist in drawing. we must grasp it in volume. Always strive for the character to appear as if it possesses volume. ensuring it is perceived three-dimensionally. This is not easy to achieve....”

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Course summary for: Expressive Techniques for Character Animation

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 20 lessons (3h 32m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Areas

  Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Digital Drawing