Expressive Character Creation for Animation
Design the main prop
A course by Felipe Rodriguez , Character Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Design the main prop
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk a bit about "visual development" for animation projects and the relationship between spaces, objects and characters. I will invite you to analyze several animated films and understand the decisions that their art director and production designers have made. You will also create a hero prop, which is related to your main character. With this you will be able to close your animation design project and have several pages to include in your portfolio. ”
In this video lesson Felipe Rodriguez addresses the topic: Design the main prop, 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 main prop The objects, as well as the characters, are very important when telling stories. That's why in this lesson we are going to get a little out of character design and we are going to create a prop that helps us to count a very important part of our history. Let's start. We are going to talk about objects as part of stories. For me the perfect example is in "The Perfect Assassin", the Leon plant, which is very important in the whole narrative and establishes for us many of the points of the character. It is very important precisely because the objects They are also telling ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Character Creation for Animation
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Character Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Painting

Felipe Rodriguez
A course by Felipe Rodriguez
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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