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Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color, and Expression

Mood Board

A course by Laura Ewing Ferrer , Character Designer and Storyboarder

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8,527 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Mood Board

Overview

“In this lesson, we will select the images that we are most inspired by and start visualizing our character. You will place everything on the same visual plain and really zone into the things that have sparked an interest. Let’s get to it. ”

In this video lesson Laura Ewing Ferrer addresses the topic: Mood Board, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color, and Expression. Reveal your character’s personality by working on a concept and illustrate it using Photoshop.

Partial transcription of the video

“MAKING A MOODBOARD Now we'll pick all those images that sparked interest and create a mood board. We'll put them all on the same plane and start creating our character. Let's do it. I have all of the images for references, and now I'm specifically making a mood board for Haldor. There are things I found interesting and we can use for all the others, but specifically for him, I was really, really enjoying these beards. Let me show you what I mean. The shape of this one here... was great for a beard. I think I'm really gonna push in this direction. Let me show you more. This beard is great. I...”

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Course summary for: Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color, and Expression

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (297)
8527 students
5 units
22 lessons (4h 39m)
16 downloads

Category
3D & Animation, Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Drawing

Laura Ewing Ferrer

A course by Laura Ewing Ferrer

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Character Designer and Storyboarder

Laura Ewing is a freelance illustrator and storyboarder with a passion for animation. As a young girl, she would spend hours watching documentaries and DVD extras of her favorite animated films, in disbelief that creating these stories was a real job.

She went on to study Graphic Design, with a specialization in illustration, to then study Fine Art at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy, and obtained her Master’s degree in storyboarding at Lightbox Academy.

Her diverse experience in the industry includes working in-house at Smile and Learn, as well as working as a freelance artist for documentaries, pilot series, and publishing houses. She most recently worked on a storyboarding project for a live-action movie, which will be released in 2021 and for Madrid 2120 as a storyboard artist, which received this year’s Goya award for best short animation.