Expressive Character Creation for Animation

Line up and color

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: Line up and color

Overview

“Just as you have designed your antagonist, in this lesson you will learn to create the rest of the universe of your story. You can design your family or group of friends, here you will learn how you can create a relationship between them based on their color and shapes. ”

In this video lesson Felipe Rodriguez addresses the topic: Line up and color, 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

“Line up and color Now we will talk about the importance of contrasting shapes and the relationship of color when creating a line up of characters. The idea is to generate relationships between your characters and that at a glance you can understand what their personality is. Let's start. One of the last parts of the project is creating a line up of characters. These are examples of "Ratatouille", from "Big Hero 6", from "Wreck-It Ralph" and "Zootopia", where we can see what a line up is like. In general it is a relationship of scales between the characters where we can see how each one work...”

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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.


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  • 1,297 students
  • 20 lessons (5h 11m)
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  • Audio: Spanish
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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)
  • 1,297 students