Expressive Character Creation for Animation

Design the antagonist

A course by Felipe Rodriguez , Character Designer and Illustrator

Character Designer and Illustrator. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined July 2016
100% positive reviews (59)
1,298 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Design the antagonist

Overview

“You will learn to create a character opposite your protagonist and look for relationships of similarity or opposition between their forms. ”

In this video lesson Felipe Rodriguez addresses the topic: Design the antagonist, 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 the antagonist In this lesson you will start designing your antagonist and I will tell you certain ideas to create relationship between protagonists and antagonists from the design of its forms. Let's start. Now let's start designing our antagonist, but first I wanted to show you these references. They are references that we all know, but it is important to analyze what are the design features and the contrast generated between a protagonist and an antagonist, for there is a directly close relationship between the two. In these examples that we have here, practically in all you see t...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Character Creation for Animation

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (59)
  • 1298 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.


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  • 20 lessons (5h 11m)
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Expressive Character Creation for Animation . 3D, Animation & Illustration 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)
  • 1,298 students