Expressive Character Creation for Animation

Overview

“Just as in graphic design you must make color, typography or composition decisions, in character design it works the same and the decisions you make will define who your character is. In this lesson I will talk about these decisions and how to play with them to get original designs. ”

In this video lesson Felipe Rodriguez addresses the topic: Design 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Character Creation for Animation . Illustrate unforgettable characters based on a narrative idea and bring them to life through their expressions and poses.

Partial transcription of the video

“Design I started as a graphic designer and now that I do character design I try to understand it as if it were the design of a graphic piece, making the best decisions to be able to communicate what I want. Now I will tell you what are the parameters that I take into account to make these decisions and I will offer you a couple of exercises with which you can explore increasingly original characters. Let's start. Now we are going to talk about design, which is what brings us here. It is everything that brings together the narrative and psychological part with the structural, anatomical and ...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Character Creation for Animation

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (59)
• 1352 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (5h 11m)
• 25 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Character Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting