Animation from Scratch with Adobe Animate

Character design and background

A course by Josep Bernaus , Animator

97% positive reviews (328)

6,221 students

Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese

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About the video: Character design and background

Overview

“In this lesson we will look for the graphic style, we will design our character and background where the action happens. It's up to decide shapes and colors.”

In this video lesson Josep Bernaus addresses the topic: Character design and background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animation from Scratch with Adobe Animate. Learn to master the art of comical animation and storytelling.

Partial transcription of the video

“Very well. in this lesson we will design the characters and the background. I will propose a design. but you can create whatever you like. Let's go for it. What we'll do is start from the animatic document. where we have all the positions. everything that so we can make the design a bit more fitting and see what we need and what type of design we want. So. i've decided to adhere closely to the design I've initiated. which will feature a ball or sphere. The body and eyes will be notably large. and I plan to make the arms appear as strokes. This approach aligns with that are strokes. And this...”

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Course summary for: Animation from Scratch with Adobe Animate

Level: Beginner
97% positive reviews (328)
6221 students
4 units
24 lessons (4h 31m)
8 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate
Areas
2D Animation, Animation, Character Design, Motion Graphics, Storyboard, Storytelling

Josep Bernaus

A course by Josep Bernaus

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Animator

Josep Bernaus has worked as a 2D animator at a number of studios across Spain and the UK to bring life to animation and advertising projects for big-name clients including the BBC, CNN, and Televisión Española.

He is a huge fan of animated transformations and is never happier than when creating liquids in motion. His greatest passion, however, is animating characters and making the protagonists of scenes and comics.