Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World
Supporting Characters 1
A course by Butch Hartman , Cartoon Artist
About the video: Supporting Characters 1
Overview
“Now that we have our lead characters, we can begin to develop the supporting characters: the humans. Good supporting characters do just that: they support the leads. The job of these characters is to add to the fun but not to distract too much from the lead characters. I'll start here by drawing Jose and Taylor.”
In this video lesson Butch Hartman addresses the topic: Supporting Characters 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World. Build your own cartoon narrative filled with endearing characters using a combination of analogue and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“Supporting Characters In our last lesson, we learned all about creating our lead characters for our concept. Now, we're going to get into the equally important task of creating a cast of supporting characters for our leads. Why are supporting characters important? They're as important as the main characters, because main characters can only go so long. You can't really have everything shouldered by the main characters because sooner or later, the lead characters will get into a problem they can't get out of. They have to be saved or supported by another character. It's the way stories work....”
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Course summary for: Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World
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Butch Hartman
A course by Butch Hartman
Butch Hartman is an award-winning cartoon artist from the United States. He has been a fan of cartoons, movies, and comic books since he was a child and grew up creating stories and shooting his own movies. He later went on to study at the art school founded by Walt Disney, California Institute of Arts. After graduating, he began his career in the television animation industry, working on the 1986 version of My Little Pony.
Since then, Butch has gone on to work for studios like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network on iconic cartoons including, Tom and Jerry Kids, Droopy Master Detective, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and more. His work has received multiple Emmy Awards and he himself has been nominated for several. Butch also created his own children’s app, The Noog Network, and has written and produced live action films, including one for his famous animated show, The Fairly OddParents. He has also grown an impressive social media following with over 800,000 subscribers on YouTube and 1.7 million followers on TikTok, and he hosts his own podcast, Speech Bubble.
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