Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
The Purpose of Character Sheets
A course by Magdalina Dianova , Character Designer
Joined June 2021
Joined June 2021
About the video: The Purpose of Character Sheets
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll explain the purpose of character sheets, how you can use them, and what else could be added.”
In this video lesson Magdalina Dianova addresses the topic: The Purpose of Character Sheets, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality. Discover dynamic character design by learning to tell a story through expressions, poses, clothing, and more.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to discuss what a character sheet is and what its purpose could be. And I'm also going to give you some examples of projects that I worked on in the past. So in animation, usually a character sheet consists only of some sketches. Also poses with the character as well as expressions. But depending on the project, you could be asked to provide different drawings. In 2020, I worked with Atlas V and Studio Geppetto, and I created some concepts for characters for their short VR movie that is called Goodbye, mr. Octopus. So here we have some exploration sketches that I...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Appealing Characters with Personality
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Character Design, Drawing, Narrative, Sketching, Storyboard, Storytelling
Magdalina Dianova
A course by Magdalina Dianova
Magdalina Dianova is a self-taught freelance character designer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. From the moment she began drawing regularly, she posted her work, largely portraits, online for feedback. Initially this helped her improve and later became the way she attracted work. Clients regularly contacted her for commissions and she collaborated with various publishers. Later, she worked as an assistant character designer at an animation studio.
Since then Magdalina has continued to work in the animation industry as well as making her own online tutorials about drawing and character design. She has worked for clients including DreamWorks TV, Spin Master, and 3dtotal, and on projects such as the character design book Heroines, and the short film Goodbye Mr.Octopus, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival.
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