Expressive Character Creation for Animation

Concept

A course by Felipe Rodriguez , Character Designer and Illustrator

Character Designer and Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined July 2016
100% positive reviews (59)
1,297 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Concept

Overview

“Attention, here I will give you some tricks to explore designs very quickly, so in a few minutes you will be able to have many different ideas from which you will choose some to give more detail and finally, find the design with which you will work the rest of the project.”

In this video lesson Felipe Rodriguez addresses the topic: Concept, 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

“Concept Hello, it's time to start with the final project. In this lesson I will show you how I conceptualize my characters until you get a wide variety of proposals. Then we will select the best one and this will be our main character. Let's start. I'll start to conceptualize the character. The first thing I did, besides having my mood board with the first references that I had already collected, was looking for some pictures give me some idea of the anatomy of the mosquito. This to be more correct and have more idea of the behavior of their limbs and be able to abstract it to take it to a ...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Character Creation for Animation

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (59)
  • 1297 students
  • 5 units
  • 20 lessons (5h 11m)
  • 25 downloads
  • Category

    3D & Animation, Illustration
  • Software

    Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Character Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting

Felipe Rodriguez

Felipe Rodriguez
A course by Felipe Rodriguez

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Character Designer and Illustrator

Felipe Rodriguez is a freelance illustrator and character designer who uses his expertise to help create animated TV series and films.

He has collaborated on a range of projects for the British Council, Storytime Magazine, and the Mexican animation studio Ánima Estudios, including two projects for Netflix: season 2 of Legend Quest and El camino de Xico. He has also had the opportunity to work with several Colombian studios like TunjaYork, Diptongo, and Mompozt.


  • 100% positive reviews (59)
  • 1,297 students
  • 20 lessons (5h 11m)
  • 38 additional resources (25 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
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  • Level: Beginner
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Expressive Character Creation for Animation . Illustration, 3D, and Animation course by Felipe Rodriguez

Expressive Character Creation for Animation

A course by Felipe Rodriguez
Character Designer and Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined July 2016
  • 100% positive reviews (59)
  • 1,297 students